A suicide bomber kills 63 people and wounds 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital, the interior ministry says, as violence shows no sign of easing despite hopes for a deal on a US troop withdrawal.

A total of 1,460 new dengue patients are admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours across the country.

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Jatiya Party terms the slump in price of rawhide during the Eid-ul-Azha as “ill-motivated” and slammed the “dishonest businessmen” for their actions behind this.

Nine people are killed in a hotel fire in Ukraine's port city of Odessa, leading authorities to launch a country-wide inspection of safety regulations in holiday resorts and hotels.

The Teesta River, originating in the Himalayas, travels a long way through the mountains and plain land before reaching Bangladesh.

A fire that broke out at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Hospital in New Delhi is brought under control.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor M Atiqul Islam says all the fundamental assistance would continue for fire victims of ‘Chalantika’ slum near Rupnagar area of Mirpur-7, which broke out at around 7 pm yesterday leaving hundreds of people homeless.

A female Hajj pilgrim is killed and 17 others are injured as a bus carrying Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims is involved in a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia.

Two persons including a college student die of dengue fever while being treated at Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) today.

India says one of its soldiers was killed as Pakistan violated the ceasefire by resorting to mortar shelling and small arms firing on forward posts and villages along the de facto border in Rajouri district of Jammu.

Restrictions on the movement of people in Kashmir valley were partially eased today with landline phone services being restored in some areas of Srinagar city even as stringent security remained in place, officials say.

At least five people including three university students are killed and seven others are injured in two separate accidents in Narsingdi and Narayanganj.

The maiden return Hajj flight arrives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

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Two Bangladeshis have been killed in India's Kolkata after two private cars collided head-on and one of the cars hit the duo along with some pedestrians waiting at the nearby traffic point.

Putting emphasis on advancing the country’s medical science further, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government will do whatever is necessary for the development of the field.

After the rare “closed consultation” at the United Nations Security Council on Kashmir, India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin said the issue “entirely is an internal matter”.

A three-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the devastating slum fire in Chalantika area of Dhaka's Mirpur.

The brother of the leader of the Afghan Taliban was among at least four people killed in a bomb blast at a mosque in Pakistan, two Taliban sources tell Reuters, an attack that could affect efforts to end the Afghan war.