Three militants who yesterday stormed a paramilitary base near the main airport in Indian-administered Kashmir have been killed,

Bangladeshi youth icon and social entrepreneur Minhaj Chowdhury has won the first-ever "Under 30 Impact Challenge" at the Forbes

Police yesterday arrested a Chhatra League leader of Tongi Government College for allegedly abducting a Christian priest.

Farmers of the flood-affected areas in Dinajpur and Rangpur have started harvesting of early variety high-yielding paddy amidst

Two Myanmar soldiers are being questioned after they were caught with nearly two million yaba pills in restive Rakhine State, police

Many fishermen are netting hilsa despite the ongoing ban.

US astrophysicists Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss were awarded the Nobel Physics Prize yesterday for the discovery of

A US-led coalition air strike killed at least 18 civilians yesterday in the Islamic State group's former stronghold of Raqa, the Syrian

India has asked Myanmar security forces to take steps to prevent further Rohingya exodus and encourage their safe and sustainable return from Bangladesh, reiterating its concern over the issue at the just concluded UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Spain came under international pressure yesterday to resolve a spiralling crisis with its Catalan region after a banned independence

US geneticists Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young were awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize yesterday for shedding

Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (Desco) yesterday sought 6.34 percent retail power tariff hike to avoid losses.

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will arrive in Dhaka today noon as businessmen of the two countries are set to meet to discuss increasing bilateral trade and investment alongside signing of two agreements.

Food officials have not been properly monitoring the market for long, allowing a section of unscrupulous traders to do business of essentials like rice and wheat without having licence and hoard them.

The stark contrast between the haves and have-nots has been there throughout human history.

Parisians were encouraged to roller-blade, bike or stroll through the City of Light on Sunday for a "car-free" day intended to leave the streets vacant for slower, clean forms of transport.

A 14-year-old girl was gang-raped in Thakurgaon Sadar on Friday night, police said.

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock and Unicef Executive Director Anthony Lake will be here on a three-day visit from tomorrow to see the Rohingya situation on the ground and discuss it with Bangladesh officials.

Second-year degree student Munni Akter, 21, from Barguna, needs a job in order to build a secure future. Her chances of getting a good

The Fishing Directorate ban on fishing for Hilsha in open water sources comes into effect from early today.