A person was killed while five others, including two fire fighters, were injured in fire incidents in Chittagong yesterday.

The widow of a Meherpur freedom fighter has filed a case against an alleged razakar over abduction and killing of her husband during the Liberation War.

Criminals stabbed an Awami League upazila unit leader and a Jubo League leader in Ishwardi Railway Station area yesterday afternoon.

Nato is set to agree on Thursday to increase its Afghanistan training mission by some 3,000 troops, alliance officials said, after the

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of a joint venture agreement between Bangladesh's Rural Power Company Ltd and Norinco International of China to build two power plants to produce 1,320 MW electricity.

2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said yesterday.

At least 49 people have died after Typhoon Damrey slammed into central Vietnam, disaster officials said yesterday, as heavy flooding cast doubt on a planned retreat for APEC leaders' spouses to the ancient town of Hoi An.

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday called for a "culture of respect" in Britain's parliament as she prepares to hold cross-party talks on how to crack down on sexual abuse after a slew of scandals.

Yemeni forces ended a hostage crisis yesterday with 29 police and six civilians dead, a day after the attack claimed by the Islamic State group began with suicide bombings, official sources said.

Four men suspected of plotting with two women to murder the North Korean leader's half-brother were yesterday named by police as North Koreans who fled Malaysia after the assassination.

Lebanon's president met with top national security officials yesterday, saying the country's political leadership was keen to maintain stability in the wake of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's shock resignation.

Italy's resurgent right looked set to triumph over the country's populists in Sicily's regional vote Sunday, in a victory seen as a key indicator for the general election, exit polls showed.

For the first time, the National Board of Revenue has recognised 84 families across the country as “Kar Bahadur Paribar” or tax icon families for paying taxes regularly for a long time.

Two members of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police were hurt in an attack by criminals at Kamalapur Railway Station last night when the law enforcers were carrying out a special drive to nab drug peddlers.

The BNP has deferred tomorrow's rally at Suhrawardy Udyan to November 11 due to the ongoing 63rd CPA conference.

Senior lawmakers from Commonwealth countries yesterday called upon the member states to keep parliaments free from all sorts of interventions to deliver the benefits of democracy to the people in the best possible way.

With no food, money and in constant fear in Rakhine State, Rohingyas are still trickling into Bangladesh.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that cleared the way for the Senior Special Judge's Court-5 of Dhaka to continue trial proceedings of Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Paintings created by an Indian elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned off by a Hungarian travelling circus on Saturday.

An anti-corruption probe that has purged Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen appeared to be widening yesterday after the founder of one of the kingdom's biggest travel companies was reportedly detained.