Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian went on trial on espionage charges behind closed doors in Tehran yesterday, 10 months after he was arrested at his home and imprisoned, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women for the fifth straight year but Hillary Clinton is snapping at her heels, the magazine said yesterday.

Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a civil society platform for good governance, urges the government for reforms to the Election Commission in view of the recent city polls to Dhaka and Chittagong.

US mathematician John Nash, whose life story was turned into the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, dies in a car crash

A local Awami League (AL) leader and a journalist were injured as criminals yesterday attacked a human chain programme that was

Masked criminals hacked a Jubo League activist to death in Kabirhat area in Begumganj upazila of the district on Friday.

A huge traffic congestion takes place as transport workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Banani of Dhaka.

A bus with 22 government officials led by Azharul Islam Khan, joint secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division, left Dhaka for Guwahati

An army major was killed and a lieutenant of Bangladesh Navy and another were injured as their car hit a roadside tree in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj today.

Charges have been pressed against 187 BNP-Jamaat men in the case for attacking police in the district town on November 25, 2014.

Local traders observed a daylong strike in Paglarhaat area under Bhurungamari upazila yesterday, demanding immediate steps to rescue

Bus strike on 10 routes in Khulna division continued for the third day yesterday, mounting sufferings of the passengers.

United States will urge Myanmar to cooperate with Bangladesh particularly to rescue and provide immediate relief to migrants adrift,says deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State.

Do you hear the harmonium start to turn its churning phrase? The folk song voice of late Shefali Ghosh isn't far off. On the subject of betel, Moheshkhali's paan, she's got something to say.

The United Nations and the United States condemns a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries.

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Meherpur Sadar upazila.

"Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account."

Police arrested the prime accused in a case for attacking people of Paulpara Hindu community in Noymail area under Shajahanpur upazila early yesterday.

Nine people were killed and 18 were injured on Sunday when a simmering feud among rival biker gangs boiled over at a sports bar in Waco, Texas, leading to a gun battle in the parking lot, police said.

President Barack Obama plans to put in place new restrictions on the use of military equipment by police departments, following unrest in US cities over the deaths of black men at the hands of police officers, the White House said yesterday.