An activist network for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh lauds calls for cutting off financial and other support of Myanmar’s military for their involvement in persecuting Rohingyas.

Hawaiian "super corals" that have recovered despite living in warm and acidic water offer a glimmer of hope that dying reefs across the world could be saved, a new study says.

Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in what have been described as gunfights in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla.

Three people including a pair of siblings were killed in separate road accidents in Sherpur and Shibganj upazilas of Bogura today.

After years of setbacks and stalemates, US President Donald Trump will lay out yet another immigration plan as he tries to convince the American public and lawmakers that the nation’s legal immigration system should be overhauled.

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Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has cancelled the licences of seven products of seven companies for producing substandard foods.

Police are trying to find out the guardians of a 3-days-old baby girl who has been abandoned in a toilet of Dhaka Shishu (Children's) Hospital in Dhaka.

Researchers in Germany have unearthed a new species of flying dinosaur that flapped its wings like a raven and could hold vital clues as to how modern-day birds evolved from their reptilian ancestors.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approves charge-sheet against 391 persons including a clerk at the office of Rangpur deputy commissioner (DC) in a case filed over fake licences of firearms.

Washington orders the departure of non-emergency American employees from its diplomatic missions in Iraq in another show of concern about alleged threats from Iran.

The "blue light" in LED lighting can damage the eye's retina and disturb natural sleep rhythms, France's government-run health watchdog says.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will provide special service to waterway passengers from May 30 aiming to ensure their safe journey during the Eid-ul-Fitr.

All the three new bridges -- 2nd Kanchpur, Meghna and Gumti--will be opened to traffic before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.

Green Line Paribahan has been ordered to pay remainder of the Tk 45 lakh compensation to Russel Sarker, the man who lost a leg under a bus of the company back in April last year.

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Advanced train tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr will be sold from different stations for the first time this year, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan says.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs releases identities of 39 Bangladeshis feared dead in Thursday’s Mediterranean Sea boat capsize. Fourteen people among the rescued 16 are also identified as Bangladeshis.

A section of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders, who could not make it to the new central committee of the pro-Awami League student body, demonstrates at Dhaka University.

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) ministry has said Tk 75.61 lakh is needed for collecting and examining 1,065 samples of water supplied by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) in 11 zones.