When North Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, of all the festival dishes none is more significant than roast turkey. In the United

Curtains to the three-day Dhaka Literary Festival (DLF), previously known as the Hay Festival Dhaka, are to rise on November 16 for the 17th time, on the historic grounds of the Bangla Academy in the capital.

Language movement hero and freedoom fighter Joynal Abedin Khan passed away early yesterday at a hospital in Savar on the outskirts of the capital.

Donald Trump said yesterday he backed the US intelligence agencies who concluded that Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election, but slammed "fools" who oppose better ties with Moscow.

Police rescued a three-year-old boy from the Chittagong city's Shulokbahar area yesterday, around 22 hours after he was abducted allegedly by his aunt's husband.

A large number of influential locals have come under the scanner following Friday's mayhem in Thakurpara of Rangpur that stemmed from a Facebook post.

Chinese online shoppers spent a record $25 billion on this year's "Singles Day" promotion run by e-commerce giant Alibaba, up nearly 40 percent from last year, figures showed on Sunday.

Hong Kong and Southeast Asian nations signed a free trade deal yesterday, in what one minister described as a "clear vote" against protectionism, as the United States withdraws into its "America First" rhetoric.

Air pollution in New Delhi worsened again Sunday and officials warned of little relief in sight from the smog, which has even caused one airline to cancel flights to the world's most polluted capital.

Two years after militants killed 130 people in coordinated attacks across Paris, French officials say there remains an unprecedented level of “internal” threat.

Dozens of civilians have died in artillery fire and Russian bombardment of two displacement camps and surrounding territory in eastern Syria, a monitor said Sunday in a new toll.

Police in the US state of Delaware are poised to deploy "smart" cameras in cruisers to help authorities detect a vehicle carrying a fugitive, missing child or straying senior.

The Saudi-led coalition is still blocking desperately-needed UN aid deliveries to Yemen despite the re-opening of the port of Aden and of a land border crossing, a UN spokesman said yesterday.

A senior Thai royal official has been sacked for "evil acts" including having an extramarital affair and forcing his alleged mistress to get an abortion, the palace said, the latest top aide to be axed under King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

The third edition of the Dhaka International Folk Festival came to a close with enthralling performances by artistes from Iran, Mali, India, Bangladesh and a surprise performance by the Danish ambassador to Dhaka.

For the first time in five years, Rezia can walk. The 40-year-old woman had been struggling with her severely swollen right leg that weighed almost 60kg for years. She did not think that she would walk again.

The BNP yesterday said it received a conditional permission from the authorities concerned to hold a public rally in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan today.

Lebanon's president yesterday urged Saudi Arabia to explain why Saad Hariri had not returned to Beirut since his surprise resignation as prime minister a week ago.

Incumbent Mayor Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has got the ruling Awami League's nomination to run for mayor in Rangpur City Corporation polls scheduled for December 21.

Seven people arrested in a French-Swiss probe have been remanded in custody in France over a plot to stage a terror attack, with one more suspect placed under further investigation, a judicial source said yesterday.