A dozen top United Nations officials called for a stop to indiscriminate and targeted attacks against civilians in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, particularly calling out reports of rape and “other horrific forms of sexual violence.”

Australian authorities have warned more evacuation orders may be issued as relentless rains pummelled the country’s east coast, with several regions in Sydney’s west facing the worst floods in half a century.

Israelis vote on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival in a fourth election in two years, with the veteran leader hoping his role in a rapid Covid-19 vaccine campaign will win him another term.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the rise of violence against Asians and people of Asian descent globally during the Covid-19 pandemic, a UN spokesman said.

Australia’s international student sector was worth about A$40 billion (S$41.5 billion) in 2019, making it the country’s fourth-biggest export. But the Covid-19 pandemic has caused incoming student numbers to plunge.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail of four weeks to 72 local Awami League leaders and activists of Companiganj upazila’s Basurhat area in two separate violence and arson attack cases.

Bangladesh and Nepal on Monday signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to enhance cooperation between the two countries in tourism, sanitation, cultural exchange and railways link.

After black, green and white tea, growers in Bangladesh have developed highly valued yellow tea, a development that will take the country to another step forward in saving foreign currencies spent on importing expensive varieties of the beverage.

Judgment in the case filed against journalist Probir Sikdar under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, 2006 will be delivered on April 1.

A senior Mumbai police officer filed a complaint in the Supreme Court on Monday accusing a state government minister of corruption, the latest development in a bizarre case that has transfixed the media for weeks.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has shared her regional vision of fostering friendship in South Asia to optimise natural resources, alleviate poverty and work together to tackle the challenges of climate change.

An illegal gas connection through which people stored cooking gas in large balloons in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj was disconnected today during a drive jointly conducted by upazila administration Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited and police.

Ahead of qualification matches for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Amnesty International today called on Fifa to use its leverage with the Qatari authorities to help end the abuse of migrant workers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Nepal for their mutual benefit.

Two men were detained by police after a constable was assaulted near Shariatpur court during a half-day hartal called by the local Awami League today.

An 18-year-old was arrested today in a case filed for throwing a yet-to-be identified substance on two girls at Shashongao area in Narayanganj’s Sadar upazila.

At least four Bangladeshi migrant workers were allegedly injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh on Saturday evening local time.

A sand-laden truck fell into a canal after the Bailey bridge it was crossing collapsed in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat today.

Two children were burnt to death and many people suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out in Balukhali Rohingya camp in Palangkhali union of Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya upazila today.

Indian government has decided to honour Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods," an official statement said today.