There is no specific threat ahead of Buddha Purnima to be celebrated across the country on May 18, Inspector General of Police Mohammad Javed Patwary says.

Eight more people among 37 Bangladeshis, who feared dead in the tragic boat capsize off the Tunisian coast, were from Sylhet division.

The High Court clears the way for the lower court concerned to resume the trial proceedings of a corruption case against BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anne.

Awami League Acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif describes the scuffle of Bangladesh Chhatra League men at Madhur Canteen on Dhaka University campus as a trifling matter.

Bangladeshi police have prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities have said.

Bangladesh’s Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has requested his Indian counterpart Suresh Prabhu to take necessary measures to withdraw anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi products as they met on the sidelines of WTO ministerial meeting in India's New Delhi.

On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor and explorer finds something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash.

US President Donald Trump says that his administration was planning to provide about $15 billion in aid to help US farmers whose products may be targeted with tariffs by China in a deepening trade war.

A Jubo League man is stabbed to death by miscreants in Char Haripur area of Mymensingh city, police say.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FBCCI) say they have narrowed their differences and agreed to move forward with government’s plan to implement the new VAT law from July 1, this year.

Zaheed Sabur, the first Bangladeshi principal engineer and director at Google, wants to give back in whatever little way he can, especially by sharing his experiences and knowledge with young people in his motherland.

Stern actions will be taken against corrupt Milk Vita officials and engineers to stop irregularities at the state-owned entity, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharjee says.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Keraniganj Jail after her treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.

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The world must cut off financial and other support for Myanmar's armed forces, a UN fact-finding mission said today, repeating a call for top generals to be prosecuted for abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

Scientists in the United States have detected the highest levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere since records began, sounding new alarm over the relentless rise of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.

A deprived faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling party’s student front, has threatened hunger strike demanding removal of “non-eligible” leaders.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urges the Myanmar authorities to stop harassing and threatening to arrest Aung Marm Oo, editor-in-chief of the privately-owned Rakhine state-based news agency Development Media Group.

The proportion of candidates with criminal cases against them in the ongoing parliamentary elections in India is more than in the previous two national polls, according to a report by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) made public on Monday.

The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).