A fire broke out at the BDBL building in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar this morning.

Wary that polls showing Donald Trump behind could again be wrong, New Yorkers turned out massively Saturday to vote early as they hope to ensure a “really big win” for Joe Biden.

Jatiya Party (JP) founder and late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad is regarded a dictator, though he never admitted it. Even the current leadership of the party does not acknowledge it. After his death, his younger brother Golam Mohammed Quader has assumed the role of party chairman.

Police today arrested a madrasa teacher for allegedly raping a female student of sixth grade in Kalikapur of Baraigram upazila in Natore.

Workers began a clean up of the streets of Lagos today after the relaxation of a round-the-clock curfew after days of unrest sparked by the shooting of protesters demonstrating against police brutality in Nigeria.

Ethiopia summons the US ambassador over what it called an “incitement of war” between Ethiopia and Egypt from President Donald Trump over their dispute about the filling and operation of a massive hydropower dam.

US President Donald Trump voted in his new home state of Florida today, casting his ballot for his re-election at a public library across the street from one of his golf clubs..

In a warehouse near Bogota’s airport, behind a heavy cold storage door, sit boxes upon boxes of lifesaving vaccines for everything from yellow fever to polio, awaiting transport to the furthest reaches of Colombia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday slammed his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, over his policies toward Muslims, saying that he needed "mental checks."

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam today said there is no possibility of any untoward incident surrounding ‘Durga Puja’ festivals.

For many marginalised ethnic minority groups in conflict-plagued regions of Myanmar, next month's national elections had at least offered a glimmer of hope for empowerment.

A teacher of Chittagong University filed a GD with Hathazari Model Police Station in connection with getting death threats via Facebook messages.

Bangladesh has sought the financial support of USD one billion from the World Bank for Covid-19 vaccine, economic recovery and budget support.

A former student of Rajshahi University was found dead by Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar this morning.

A differently abled child has been raped allegedly by an 18-year-old in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali.

Noted jurist Barrister Rafique-Ul Huq was laid to rest at Banani graveyard this afternoon.

Two more workers, who were injured when molten iron fell on them at a steel mill in Narayanganj's Rupganj yesterday, have died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Nineteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A suspended Jubo League leader, who was arrested on October 21 for allegedly raping the wife of an expatriate and capturing it on video in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali, was sued in another rape case.

Detectives claimed to have arrested six alleged members of a fake currency making gang from different areas in Dhaka yesterday.