Editor of Chittagong-based the Dainik Purbokone Taslim Uddin Chowdhury passed away at a hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 59.

Bibi Amena has been serving as a domestic worker in the capital's Mohammadpur area for several years but was never introduced to modern home appliances.

Oil drilling in a vast Alaskan wildlife refuge could move a step closer to reality on Wednesday as a Senate panel votes to open part of the reserve coveted by conservationists.

Two alleged robbers belonging to a notorious gang were killed in a "gunfight" in Sharankhola range of the Sundarbans early yesterday morning.

A small crime may become a gateway for bigger ones. The case of Siddikur Rahman illustrates this possibility.

There is "mounting evidence" of genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, says a new report by US-based Holocaust Memorial Museum, after an investigation by Fortify Rights. The report calls for an immediate halt to the atrocities in Rakhine.

Leading figures in the Catholic Church and international politics have advised Pope Francis not to use the term Rohingya during a trip to Myanmar due to political sensitivities but human rights groups want him to uphold international law on self-identity.

Zimbabwe's military seized power yesterday saying it was holding President Robert Mugabe and his family safe while targeting "criminals" in the entourage of the only ruler the country has known in its 37 years of independence.

A man was killed and his son injured on Tuesday for trying to stop a stalker who was hounding a housewife over phone in Faridpur's Bhanga, police said yesterday.

Investigators primarily suspect a rivalry over manpower recruitment business led to the killing of the owner of a recruiting agency in the capital's Banani on Tuesday night.

A Rangpur court yesterday granted four-day remand for Titu Chandra Roy in connection with a case over demeaning Islam through a Facebook post.

The government is going to set up a fully-fledged cantonment named after Sheikh Hasina at Payra in Patuakhali to enhance national security and face the aftermath of natural disasters.

Detectives yesterdayasked for permission to sue Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akter on charges of faking the writer's abduction and giving false statementsto a court and police.

Several tanks were seen moving on the outskirts of the Zimbabwean capital Harare Tuesday, witnesses told AFP, a day after the army warned it could intervene over a purge of ruling party officials.

US regulators have approved the first pill that contains a digital tracking sensor to alert doctors and caregivers as to whether a patient is taking a medication as scheduled.

President Abdul Hamid accepted the resignation of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Monday evening.

The EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday she expected Lebanon's prime minister to return to the country "in the coming days" following his sudden resignation.

Venezuela faced the first of what could be a cascade of defaults on its $150-billion foreign debt Tuesday as Standard and Poor's declared the crisis-torn South American country in "selective default".

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Kuwait's emir on Tuesday, state media reported, as a crisis that has split Qatar from its Gulf neighbours enters its sixth month.

Criminals shot dead the owner of a recruiting agency and injured his three staff members in the capital's Banani area last night.