It was the fingerprint that helped police identify an unclaimed body of a woman and eventually arrest her killer nine months ago.

The United States and Germany urged China to free an outspoken government critic known as "Super Vulgar Butcher" yesterday after he was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Colombia recorded its lowest murder rate in four decades this year in the wake of a peace deal with the leftwing FARC rebel group, the government said Tuesday.

Cambodia sent its first batch of maids to work in Hong Kong yesterday as the Asian financial hub scrambles to meet growing demand for domestic helpers after a series of abuse scandals.

The death toll from a fire that ravaged a shopping mall in the southern Philippines has risen to 38 after the body of a mall safety officer was discovered, the city mayor said yesterday.

Fighters from Iraq's Yazidi community, brutally targeted by the Islamic State group, executed 52 civilians in apparent revenge killings after capturing territory from the jihadists, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

Pro-Awami League faction of the Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday protested the statements of its president and secretary over the government's move to seek review of the SC's 16th amendment verdict.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday clarified his remarks on bribe, saying his comment, which has taken the country by storm, has been misconstrued due to "partial" publication in some newspapers and online portals.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned AB Bank's immediate past chairman M Wahidul Haque and a former managing director today for interrogation over allegations of laundering Tk 165 crore to the United Arab Emirates.

At least 15 workers were killed and more than a hundred injured in accidents at different shipbreaking yards in Chittagong this year

The Bengal Classical Music Festival set sail yesterday evening at the Abahani ground in the capital overcoming major obstacles that had one point seen this sixth edition cancelled.

The government has taken up three projects costing Tk 8,152 crore for repairing rural infrastructures, especially roads damaged by recent floods, and constructing new ones in Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh regions.

A Dhaka court sent a blogger to jail yesterday, a day after he was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology Act.

Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday criticised Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid for his recent remarks on bribe and corruption.

Frequent and increased Chinese military drills pose an "enormous threat" to Taiwan's security, Taipei warned on Tuesday in an annual

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Tuesday to get to the truth about a blaze in his home city that killed 37 call centre

Australia and East Timor will sign a new treaty next year setting maritime boundaries in an effort to settle lingering disputes over

A Chinese court is auctioning a skyscraper on the country's largest e-commerce website -- with a sky-high starting price of 553 million

Venezuela's government on Monday released another eight political opponents from jail, bringing to 44 the number freed since

Indian forces have killed the commander of a Pakistan-based militant group in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said yesterday, as