About 40 people are missing after a migrant vessel sunk the northern coast of Haiti, the civil emergency authorities have said.

Kyrgyzstan's failed presidential challenger, who lost a bitterly-fought weekend election to Sooronbai Jeenbekov, yesterday appeared to

Israeli officials have announced they will temporarily expand the fishing area for Palestinians off a sector of the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Cambodia's ruling party yesterday voted to redistribute parliamentary seats held by the embattled main opposition if -- as expected -

The Awami League is viewing Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda's remarks lauding BNP founder Ziaur Rahman as a strategy to make the party happy and draw it to the next national elections.

The victim, Omar Ali Miyad, 26, son of Akul Miah of Baluchar in the city, was a law student at Leading University, reports our Sylhet correspondent.

Iraqi government forces captured the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk yesterday, responding to a Kurdish vote on independence with a bold

The High Court yesterday directed the government to block for six months the links and gateways of online "Blue Whale Challenge"

Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, now performing the functions of the chief justice, yesterday informed all the Supreme Court judges about the circumstances under which the court issued the statement about CJ Surendra Kumar Sinha two days ago.

The High Court yesterday directed both the city corporations of Dhaka to have garbage taken by covered trucks or vans between 10:00pm and 6:00am every day.

If it's afternoon, chances are assistant teacher Ataur Rahman from Uttar Ramna village in Kurigram's Chilmari upazila is happily listening

Rajuk's digital services for land clearance and building construction permit, introduced almost two years ago for some city areas, are hardly getting any response from the service seekers.

Chadni's dream was to become a doctor and make her parents proud. But she is gone, the dream is gone too.

A total of 14,740 orphan Rohingya children have been identified since September 20 when the process started in the settlements in Ukhia and Teknaf.

A Chittagong court yesterday summoned the editor and managing editor of the Dainik Purbokone, a local newspaper, in connection with a defamation case filed over publishing alleged fake news about BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's family.

More than 200 people were killed by twin bomb blasts that struck busy junctions in the heart of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said yesterday, marking the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007.

Venezuelans headed to the polls Sunday in regional elections seen as a crucial test for President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition alike after months of deadly street protests failed to unseat him.

Voters in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan went to the polls yesterday to choose their next president in an unpredictable election setting the Central Asian country apart from its deeply authoritarian neighbours, while stoking fears of instability.

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday asked the Rupali Bank management to immediately settle the issue involving the bank's union leaders sacked in July for assaulting three high-ups of the bank.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to return home on Wednesday after a three-month visit to the United Kingdom.