The Thai Raksa Chart party says it will obey a command from the king blocking the candidacy of Princess Ubolratana for prime minister, in a dramatic reversal only a day after putting her forward for the position.

President Donald Trump says that US diplomats had a "very productive meeting" with North Korean officials, and he announces his summit later this month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi.

Well-wishers of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK), including luminaries of society, flocked to join the 40th founding anniversary of the organisation that is relentlessly working for creating scope for millions to new thoughts and encouraging reading habits.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said law enforcers were carrying out an investigation to unravel the mystery surrounding the murders of suspected rapists using the name of “Hercules”.

US lawmakers threatened Thursday to take tougher action against Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi amid a new revelation that the kingdom's powerful crown prince spoke of going after him with a "bullet."

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday called his elder sister's bid to run for prime minister in March "inappropriate" and unconstitutional, likely sinking her candidacy for a populist opposition party.

Two police officers, who allegedly abducted three youths from Gazipur's Kaliakair upazila for ransom, were arrested yesterday.

A Saudi national was found dead at a house in Mymensingh's Gouripur upazila early yesterday.

Myanmar has denied that its armed forces raped Rohingya women and girls in a campaign of ethnic cleansing that forced some 750,000 Rohingyas of Rakhine to flee to Bangladesh since August 2017.

India would work for early signing of the long-pending Teesta water sharing agreement, the country's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday assured visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

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In a video message, the Arakan Army (AA)’s deputy chief, Brigadier-General Nyo Tun Aung, tells ordinary Arakanese that if the current fighting in northern Rakhine State continues to worsen, it could spread to other places in the state.

Save the Children celebrates its 100th year of making the world a better place for children.

The annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) is likely to be held on March 13 and 14.

The Dhaka International Trade Fair 2019 is drawing towards an end, and today is the last Friday before the fair ends tomorrow.

Firefighters say 10 people die in fire at a training facility of one Brazil’s largest soccer clubs.

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Congressional Democrats unveils an unprecedented plan to reverse climate change and eliminate all US carbon emissions within 10 years, by taking drastic steps that would require transformational action across the economy.

Terming Khaleda Zia's release from jail 'legal matter', Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader says the government has no influence over the issue.

Bangladesh and India sign four memoranda of understanding (MoU) to further strengthen the existing multifaceted bilateral cooperation.