Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after evidence emerged of widespread doping but some of its

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for increasing connectivity and cooperation among the Asian nations in the interest of the people of the region.

Attackers mercilessly beat up and kicked Sadarghat thana Jubo Dal Joint Convener Harunur Rashid Chowdhury in the face after he was

In a record inequality gap, the top five percent of Bangladesh's income earners have taken home 121 times more than the bottom five percent of the population in 2016, up from 31.5 times in 2010.

She just wanted to drink a glass of water to quench her thirst. Instead, the newly appointed assistant of a gold shop mistakenly gave her acid instead of water.

The secretary-level committee on administrative reforms has decided to form a committee to further review the draft Public Service Act-2017 before finalising it.

The US Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts.

Spanish authorities have netted nearly six tonnes of high-grade cocaine worth 210 million euros ($249 million), in one of the biggest seizures of the drug ever made in Europe, the interior ministry said yesterday.

Sophia, a humanoid robot that generated quite a buzz among the youth and the artificial intelligence industry around the world, arrived in Dhaka early yesterday to attend the country's biggest ICT event, Digital World.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday declared communist rebels "terrorists", his spokesman said, weeks after cancelling peace talks with groups waging one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies.

Hundreds of supporters freed former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili from a Ukrainian police van yesterday after he was arrested by the country's security services on criminal charges.

Reading ability among children aged 9-10 has fallen in the US, Canada, France and several other developed countries, according to a comparative study of 50 countries published yesterday.

Visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday, with each side voicing hope for future cooperation even as expected trade talks have failed to materialise.

US President Donald Trump on Monday officially endorsed the candidacy of embattled Republican Senate hopeful Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women when they were teenagers, including one who was 14 at the time.

Venezuela is creating a digital currency to combat a financial blockade by the United States, President Nicolas Maduro announced Sunday.

Former Egyptian premier and presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq said he was reconsidering his intention to run in the 2018 presidential elections, after relatives said his whereabouts were unknown for around 24 hours.

Japanese officials said yesterday they were investigating a group of North Korean fishermen after items reportedly including a fridge, a TV -- and an anime poster -- disappeared from a remote island where they had taken shelter.

Britain and the EU failed to strike a Brexit divorce deal during talks in Brussels yesterday, but said they were "confident" of reaching an accord later this week.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to prepare an action plan with a list of land grabbers for recovering 50 canals in both the Dhaka city corporation areas by July 1 next year.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday requested the cabinet division to take actions against 97 teachers of eight schools and colleges for running coaching centres.