A court in Chittagong placed three lawyers, who were arrested over funding an Islamist outfit, on a fresh remand in Chittagong on February 21.

Bangladesh Coastguard rescued two deer and seized 140 kilograms of venison from Badurtali area in Patharghata upazila of Barguna

Police foiled a child marriage bid at Battajar village in Bakshiganj upazila of the district on Friday. The 13-year-old schoolgirl, daughter of

As many as 7,776 helpless women of 72 unions in the district are going to get jobs of their choice through the joint funds of the

A deputy leader of Islamic State (IS), Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, has been killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday announced he would call snap elections likely to be held on November 1, after coalition

Israel said it killed at least five Palestinian militants in an air strike on the Syrian Golan Heights yesterday, after cross-border rocket fire

Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have demolished a Christian monastery in al-Qaryatain town in Homs province.

Britain will reopen its embassy in Tehran during a visit to Iran by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond due to start on Sunday.

Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in the south-eastern province of Siirt, the army says.

The authorities yesterday confiscated a piece of landed property of Captain Abdul Majed, a fugitive killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

A young man was stabbed to death in Purbo Barandipara area of Jessore town early Sunday. The deceased is Hanif Mia, 25, son of Abdur

Five children drowned in Sirajganj, Bagerhat and Rangpur districts on Sunday and the day before.

A programme marking the National Mourning Day was foiled over political enmity between the chairman of Lokhmikunda Union Parishad

In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old girl, the Islamic State fighter took the time to explain that what he was about to do was not a sin. Because the preteen girl practiced a religion other than Islam, the Quran not only gave him the right to rape her — it condoned and encouraged it, he insisted.

Kayla Mueller, who was killed in February while held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, was sexually abused by the group's top leader.

Israel arrested several suspects yesterday in raids linked to the deadly firebombing of a Palestinian home and placed two more alleged

Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled government recaptured a southern provincial capital from Shia rebels and their allies yesterday as they pressed an advance from second city Aden.

Once part of one of the most brutal dictator's army in the Middle East, over 100 former members of Saddam Hussein's military and intelligence officers are now part of ISIS.

Pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition retook Yemen's biggest airbase from Iran-backed rebels yesterday in a significant