A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seals off eight coaching centres in Dhaka’s Jatrabari and Dania areas and fines them for continuing their operation defying a government ban.

Three students of Govt Azizul Haque College in Bogura are stabbed reportedly by their rival group in the district town.

Four upazila chairman candidates from the ruling Awami League are set to be elected uncontested as they have no rivals.

A bank official in Narayanganj finds a bag with several lakh taka while riding on a CNG-run autorickshaw and hands it over to police so that it could be returned to the owner.

Detectives arrest two yaba traders from the city’s Uttar Khan area while they are carrying 2000 pieces of yaba tablets in their stomachs.

Facebook Inc is expanding its fact-checking network in India to curb the spread of misinformation as the world's largest democracy prepares for a general election that must be held by May, the US-based social media giant says.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Secretary Muhammad Delwar Bakht expresses his firm stance against corruption saying no negligence in dealing with the issue will be tolerated.

Stock markets in the country extend their downtrend move for the second consecutive session, as investors rushed to selling spree of their stocks in the large cap companies.

The United States is likely just weeks away from starting the withdrawal of ground troops from Syria ordered by President Donald Trump, the top US commander overseeing American forces in the Middle East says.

The leading digital service provider, Robi, launches a social awareness programme titled #CommonSense with an appeal to the people for continuing to apply common sense as they become ever more sensitised with life in the digital domain.

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Thailand's Election Commission disqualifies the sister of the king from running for prime minister, ending a stunning, short-lived candidacy for a populist party after King Maha Vajiralongkorn called the bid "inappropriate".

The High Court (HC) directs the government to give Tk 1 lakh compensation to families of five students who were killed in separate road crashes.

A French tourist has been arrested for flying a drone near Myanmar's parliament in the capital Naypyidaw, the French embassy and local police confirms, under a law that could see him imprisoned for up to three years.

Leading aid agencies received at least 539 reports of sex abuse and harassment last year, an exclusive survey shows, a 13 percent increase on 2017 which charities said shows abuse victims are more willing to speak up.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began a day-long hunger strike demanding special status for his state which will entitle to increased funding from the federal government of India.

The Grammy Awards, the music industry's highest honors, are handed out at a live ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by R&B singer Alicia Keys.

Amnesty International has reported of fresh human rights violations during the ongoing military operation in Rakhine State of Myanmar.

Several hundred workers of the PHP Steels Mills yesterday staged a demonstration in front of the factory's main gate at Boro Kumira area in Sitakunda upazila, demanding a salary hike.

Turkey on Saturday condemned China's treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as "a great shame for humanity", adding to rights