The Supreme Court's power has not been curtailed rather increased following the issuance of the gazette notification determining the disciplinary rules for lower court judges, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.

Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants riding on a motorcycle in Gaza were killed in an explosion on Tuesday which the group implied was caused by an accidental detonation during preparations for an attack.

The ailing lion Juboraj of Comilla Zoo died early yesterday after struggling with old age complications for years, according to zoo officials.

The Cox's Bazar district administration has imposed a weeklong ban on NGOs involved in distributing aid to Rohingyas at Ukhia and Teknaf from Monday to restore discipline in local business apparently affected by illegal relief trade.

Elementary schools stayed closed across the Netherlands yesterday, as thousands of teachers went on strike for the second time in two months to demand higher pay and better working conditions.

A US federal judge on Monday issued a stern warning to President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort to refrain from making statements to the media that could harm his right to a fair trial.

US authorities have accused two men in New York of recruiting immigrants from the Philippines to work for little or no pay at an historic catering hall in a case of human trafficking happening "in plain sight".

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has extended its free primary health service for two more weeks till December 27.

Rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has condemned the incident of prohibiting women from going to crop fields by a mosque committee in Kushtia on December 8.

Two cousins were hacked to death by criminals at Duttapara in Gazipur city last night.

Law enforcers are concerned about a new variety of yaba, because unlike the conventional pills, these are yellow, odourless and large enough to be mistaken for prescription drugs.

Five more cases were filed yesterday against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in as many districts for making “derogatory remarks” about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

A Brahmanbaria court yesterday accepted the charge sheet against 228 accused, including several Awami League and BNP leaders, in a case filed in connection with attacking a Hindu temple in Nasirnagar over 13 months ago.

Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained 18 people with links to militant groups in a bid to cut the risk of attacks during Christmas and the New Year in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country, police said yesterday.

The government has promoted 128 joint secretaries to additional secretaries, raising the number of additional secretaries to 560.

The use of rape by Myanmar's armed forces has been sweeping and methodical, The Associated Press found in interviews with Rohingya women and girls now in Bangladesh.

After more than a month of high-octane, if at times mismanaged, cricket the Bangladesh Premier League's fifth edition will come to a

The president and the prime minister begin their three-day separate overseas tour today. They will visit Turkey and France respectively to attend a special summit of Islamic leaders over the Jerusalem issue and a planet summit to fight against climate change.

Moulvibazar police has announced a Tk 50,000 bounty on each of the five suspects in the murder of two students at Moulvibazar Government High School Thursday evening.

New protests flared in the Middle East and elsewhere yesterday over US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that has drawn global condemnation and sparked days of unrest in the Palestinian territories.