In a landmark judgment, India's highest court has ruled that the practice of instant triple talaq in the Muslim community is unconstitutional.

More than 24 million people have been affected by some of the worst flooding to hit South Asia in decades, with large areas of land submerged in water, the Red Cross said yesterday.

President Donald Trump committed US troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed yesterday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire".

Meem and Sumaiya, only 6 years and 18 months old respectively, lost their parents in the devastating landslide in a Rangamati town on June 13. But in the aftermath of the tragedy, they have found a guardian in Mohammad Manzurul Mannan, deputy commissioner of Rangamati.

There are twelve acres, but the site isn't much to look at. Mostly overgrown and uncared for, a few paddy fields and random ponds are

Authorities in Sierra Leone yesterday warned tourists and locals against swimming in the capital's waters after 60 bodies washed up following deadly flooding and mudslides in Freetown last week.

The main suspect in last week's stabbing attack in Finland yesterday admitted to killing two people and injuring eight others but denied any intent to murder, his lawyer said.

Prime Minister's International Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi met Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday afternoon.

Terming the prime minister's remarks about the chief justice “an ominous sign for the country,” the BNP yesterday said it would make the country's prevailing situation more confrontational.

Millions of Americans looked skyward in awe through protective glasses, telescopes and cameras yesterday as the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in a century marched from the US Pacific Northwest to the Atlantic seaboard.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday got permission to operate 12 additional hajj flights paving the way for trips of all intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, a top official of religious affairs ministry said.

A key accused in a college student abduction case was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Shibpur village of Kushtia Sadar early today.

A 27-year-old mother of three was allegedly abducted from home and raped in Dimla upazila of the district Saturday night.

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq, who was admitted to a hospital in central London after falling ill, is still at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) though his condition is improving slowly.

All eyes are on the High Court today as it is set to deliver the verdict on the death references and appeals in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder cases.

Colombians in the city of Itagui hauled mattresses and hammocks into the streets Sunday to mark the annual "World Laziness Day," a quirky effort to urge overstressed workers to slow down.

US President Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office yesterday after a two-week vacation rife with chaos -- and the dark clouds plaguing his fledgling presidency show no signs of clearing up.

Spanish police yesterday shot dead a man who could be Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, amid a massive manhunt for the Moroccan national described as dangerous and likely armed.

The United States said yesterday it was scaling back its visa services in Russia after Moscow ordered it to sharply cut its diplomatic staff in retaliation over new US sanctions.

A Vietnamese sailor kidnapped by Islamist militants off the southern Philippines has been rescued after nine months in captivity, the military said yesterday, following the beheading of two fellow crewmen in July.