A former professor of Khulna University died under a train as he was trying to get on the moving carriage at Khulna Railway Station this morning.

At least two people are killed after a bus rammed into a motorcycle on Pabna-Rajshahi highway in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna.

WarnerMedia is reuniting its "Friends" cast for an untitled, unscripted special for its upcoming streaming service, HBO Max, the company says.

The death toll in China from the new coronavirus outbreak rose by 109, the National Health Commission says, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,345.

The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities, a health ministry official says, as an outbreak that the authorities say began in the holy city of Qom caused two more deaths.

Iranians vote in a parliamentary election likely to help hardline loyalists of the supreme leader cement their grip on power amid intensifying US pressure over Iran’s nuclear programme and simmering discontent over economic privations.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says in the global village one needs to learn other languages but the mother tongue must never be neglected.

Police recover the body of a Rohingya man from the Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated additional $7.8 billion over the next decade to bring down its road crash fatalities to half, according to a new World Bank report titled “Delivering Road Safety in Bangladesh”.

A youth posing as an accident victim enters a private hospital and stabs a nurse in Bauphal upazila in Patuakhali.

Another sex worker of a brothel at Rajbari district’s Daulatdia village has received a proper funeral, which was a longstanding taboo in Bangladesh.

Two people are killed in a road accident involving a motorcycle and a battery-run three-wheeler at Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia.

Robi's parent company Axiata Group Berhad gives conditional permission to the second largest mobile carrier to start process for raising Tk 523.80 crore from the market.

Boshonto Boron Utshob, an integral part of Bengali culture and heritage, is celebrated at Independent University, Bangladesh recently just like every year.

Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret US documents, a London court is to begin hearings to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States.

Airlines worldwide stand to lose a combined $29.3 billion of revenue this year amidst the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said today.

A young woman is charged with sedition case as she shouted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at a rally in India’s Bengaluru against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

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The government of Singapore is providing credit incentives to individuals and enterprises to enhance skills development.