The illegal auto-rickshaw stand near the Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge (Shmabhuganj Bridge) in Mymensingh city has been causing serious traffic jam in the area for nearly two decades.

China notified France before test-firing a long-range ballistic missile into the Pacific on Wednesday, authorities in French Polynesia said, adding that the weapon had landed not far from its exclusive economic zone.

The health ministry said that an Israeli strike on the village of Joun in the Chouf mountains, southeast of Beirut, killed four people. It said two other strikes killed three people in the village of Maaysra, north of Beirut, and three in Ain Qana in the south.

The Israeli military said it was carrying out "extensive" air strikes in south Lebanon and the eastern Beqaa Valley after Hezbollah fired a ballistic missile that reached the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan condemned Israel's "aggression" against Lebanon Wednesday, warning that it is "pushing the region towards all-out war".

Israeli military says it is the first time a Hezbollah missile reached Tel Aviv area

Six people died after a car lost control and slammed into bikes and other vehicles on a bridge in central China's Hunan province early Monday morning, police said.

The trawler had left from the Sundarbans in West Bengal on Wednesday with 17 men on board, said Surajit Bag, assistant director of fishing in the state government.

Despite women playing an instrumental role in all movements, their voices are often ignored once the movements end, said Sharmeen Murshir, social welfare and women’s affairs adviser of the interim governmnt at a seminar yesterday.

Do you love hilsa eggs? If so, you’re not alone. For many families, especially the little ones at home, these delicate, flavourful eggs are a cherished treat. But this season, getting your hands on this once-affordable delicacy may prove a real challenge.

Malaysian authorities rescued more than 400 children on Wednesday suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official said.

The national selectors are not in favour of making big changes in the Test squad for the upcoming tour of India for which a 16-member squad list has already been sent to cricket operations in order to get the final approval of the board president.

The body of a fruit vendor who was shot dead in Rangpur city during the anti-discrimination student movement on July 19, was exhumed this morning, 54 days after the burial.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched the second phase of its flood response, providing assistance to communities most affected by the August floods.

BNP today announced a two-day programme from September 14 to honour the memory of those who lost their lives in movements against authoritarian rule over the past 17 years, as well as to commemorate International Democracy Day.

The Ministry of Public Administration today issued a gazette notification cancelling the appointments of eight deputy commissioners (DCs) who were posted earlier this week.

Two Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) commanders were shot dead by unidentified criminals at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar this morning, according to police.

The most recent arrivals are staying with the relatives at the camp sharing their limited daily rations provided by the UN agencies.

Workers set fire to a factory warehouse in the Kashempur area of Gazipur this afternoon.

The accident occurred around 12:00am in front of the Maitkumra shelter project on the Dhaka-Narail highway