Breaking the glass ceiling today, Tashnuva Anan Shishir started her journey as the first transgender news presenter in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged women of the country to engage in income-generating activities for their economic freedom instead of sitting idle at home.

China is willing to work with the parties involved in Myanmar's military coup towards a peaceful settlement in the South-east Asian country.

Thousands of women joined protests by farmers on the outskirts of Delhi on Monday to mark International Women’s Day, demanding the scrapping of new laws that open up agriculture produce markets to private buyers.

Photos posted on Facebook showed the bodies of two men lying on the street in the northern town of Myitkyina. Witnesses said they were taking part in a protest when police fired stun grenades and tear gas. Several people were then hit by gunfire from buildings nearby.

An Algerian man has been arrested in the Italian town of Bari on suspicion of belonging to the Islamist militant group Islamic State and helping the perpetrators of a coordinated attack that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015, police said on Monday.

The law ministry today recommended extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail sentence for next six months.

A Dhaka tribunal today took cognisance of the charges against Monir Hossain, widely known as "Golden Monir", in a case filed over possessing arms at his Merul Badda residence in Dhaka.

World Athletics has marked International Women’s Day with a series of pledges to “further advance the role of girls and women” in the sport under the campaign slogan “WeGrowAthletics.”

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) could not meet expectations in curbing corruption, its outgoing Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said today.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has urged Saudi Arabia to sign a MoU between Public-Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) of Bangladesh and competent Saudi authority, which would enable Saudi investors to invest in Bangladesh.

Two Indian Naval ships -- INS Kulish and INS Sumedha -- will visit Mongla port from today to March 10 to celebrate the historic occasions of Mujib Borsho and 50 Years of Liberation War.

The US government said Sunday that all options remain on the table for its remaining 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, saying it has made no decisions about its military commitment after May 1.

Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain’s royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son’s skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all television interview that could send shockwaves through the monarchy.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the “Maitri Setu” between India and Bangladesh tomorrow via video conferencing ahead of visit to Dhaka, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

With the novel coronavirus spreading to different countries across the globe early last year, there was then an obvious fear that the pandemic would hit Bangladesh’s shores soon.

A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday instigated by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new minarets.

Australia has suspended its defence cooperation programme with Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said, amid an intensified crackdown by the country’s military on massive protests against last month’s coup.

A series of large explosions at a military base rocked the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds, local television station TVGE said.

The United States will do what it sees as necessary to defend its interests after a rocket attack last week against Iraq’s Ain al-Sada airbase, which hosts American, coalition and Iraqi forces, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.