A thirty-year-old man has been arrested for raping a 12-year-old at a shoe factory in Dhaka’s Jurain area this afternoon.

A man was killed in Myanmar on Saturday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb. 1 military coup in the second city of Mandalay, media and an ambulance service said.

Special US Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has invited Bangladesh to attend the US Climate Summit while acknowledging the threat of climate change and highlighting the risks faced by Bangladesh.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Thailand's parliament after Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and nine ministers survived a parliamentary no-confidence motion on Saturday after a four-day censure debate.

A truck driver was killed this afternoon after his truck collided head-on with a bus at Fultala area on Khulna-Jashore highway.

Students of Barisal University (BU) again took to the street this morning as the authorities did not fulfil their three-point demand after their 13-hour ultimatum ended.

“Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaye” (Bengal wants its own daughter) -- is the new slogan unveiled today by West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress portraying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the daughter of Bengal for the upcoming assembly elections due in March-April.

Dramatic footage released by Chinese state media purportedly shows deadly clashes between troops at the Indian border last year -- a rare insight into violence at the tense, remote frontier.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said there is enormous scope for private sectors of Bangladesh and Japan to engage in trade and investment for mutual benefit.

US President Joe Biden has welcomed the new Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States, and expressed his government’s desire to deepen the strong and abiding friendship between the two countries by advancing common goals.

Russia on Saturday approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labelled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre, have yet to begin.

Three separate explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded two others, a police official said, amid a surge in violence in the war-torn country.

Police today detained two 13-year-old boys for allegedly attempting to rape a 10-year-old girl in Sadar upazila of Barguna.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said it is the Language Movement in 1952 that paved the way for achieving independence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conferred the prestigious Ekushey Padak, the country's second highest civilian award, to 21 eminent personalities in recognition of their contributions to various fields.

Students of Jahangirnagar University today broke open the locks on doors of at least six halls to press home their demands, including reopening of the halls, which have been closed during the pandemic.

World Bank is expected to approve $1.6 billion in Covid-19 vaccine funding for Bangladesh and 11 other countries.

A woman has been killed and three men were injured in an attack allegedly carried out by a local UP chairman and his men in Cumilla’s Meghna upazila last night.

Severe flooding across several areas in the Indonesian capital forced more than a thousand people to flee their homes on Saturday, with the country’s meteorology agency warning the conditions were set to continue for the next week.

Facebook Inc is back at the negotiating table, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday after the tech giant this week blocked news on its site in the country.