Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’

Frankie, the German shepherd dog is used to sniff out thyroid cancer in people who have not yet been diagnosed
9 March 2015, 05:30 AM

Baby survives 14 hours in Utah River

A baby girl is found alive in a car more than 14 hours after the vehicle plunged into a river in Utah
9 March 2015, 05:22 AM

Mice, smog and MPs: UK parliament faces urgent repairs

Britain's Houses of Parliament is crumbling and overrun with mice, prompting its top official to warn the building may have to be "abandoned" without urgent renovations
9 March 2015, 05:16 AM

Five killed in stabbing at house in Sumoto, Japan

Five people die in a stabbing attack in the western Japanese city of Sumoto
9 March 2015, 05:04 AM

Solar Impulse plane begins epic global flight

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane is under way from Abu Dhabi
9 March 2015, 04:47 AM

SC to hear Kamaruzzaman’s review plea Apr 1

Supreme Court fixes April 1 for hearing review plea filed by condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman against its verdict that upheld his death penalty
9 March 2015, 04:27 AM

Detectives raid Farabi’s Sylhet house

DB conducts a drive in the Sylhet residence of Shafiur Rahman Farabi, prime suspect in the blogger-writer Avijit Roy killing.
8 March 2015, 13:17 PM

N Korea rejects links to US envoy attacker

North Korea hit out at accusations that it may be behind a shocking knife attack on the US envoy to the South, branding the claims a "vicious" smear campaign by Seoul
8 March 2015, 09:01 AM

Ctg city Jamaat chief held

Detectives detain Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury, acting chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, from the Chittagong city unit in Halishahar area on charge of planning sabotage during the ongoing blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
8 March 2015, 08:50 AM

Kamaruzzaman seeks adjournment of review hearing

Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has sought a four-week adjournment of hearing on his review petition against his death penalty upheld by the Supreme Court.
8 March 2015, 08:41 AM

JP to back Babul, Milon in DCC polls

The opposition Jatiya Party announces to back Bahauddin Ahmed Babul and Hazi Saifuddin Ahmed Milon as mayoral candidates for long-pending polls to Dhaka city corporations
8 March 2015, 08:33 AM

New Zealand vs Afghanistan, Australia vs Sri Lanka

See the best moments of today's matches of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 where New Zealand faced Afghanistan and Australia locked horns with Sri Lanka
8 March 2015, 08:00 AM

Bangladesh have batting-order jumble to organize

Such has been their fondness of the batting-order jumble, it is hard to predict whether the Bangladesh team management will consider Imrul Kayes as an opener
8 March 2015, 07:17 AM

Court to decide on charge framing on Mar 18 against 8 accused in blogger Rajib killing

Dhaka court to decide on March 18 whether it will frame charges against eight accused for the blogger's killing
8 March 2015, 06:51 AM

HC verdict on Khaleda's plea now Mar 15

High Court defers date of delivery verdict to March 15, on a plea filed by BNP chief Khaleda for quashing proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine graft case
8 March 2015, 06:30 AM

1 killed, 3 missing in Meghna trawler capsize

One person dies and three others remain missing as a trawler sank in Meghna river at Ashuganj upazila in Brahmanbaria
8 March 2015, 06:23 AM

Obama in Selma: Our march is not over

US President Barack Obama rallied a new generation of Americans in a forceful speech in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary
8 March 2015, 05:44 AM

Boko Haram pledge to Islamic State

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State (IS) via Twitter post
8 March 2015, 05:38 AM

2 buses torched in Dhaka

Alleged pickets torch two buses in Nikunjo and New Market area of Dhaka on the first day of 72-hour countrywide hartal (shutdown) enforced by BNP-led-20 party alliance
8 March 2015, 05:28 AM

Malaysia remembers loss of MH370

Malaysians is marking the first anniversary of the disappearance of the flight MH370
8 March 2015, 05:21 AM