Opposition candidates are concerned and voters doubtful about a fair election, while the minorities are in fear of post-poll violence, following repeated attacks allegedly by...

Residents of Chelyabinsk are expressing worry over industrial pollution after heavy smog enveloped the Ural Mountains city this month and remained for two weeks.On Sunday,...

A Mexican governor and her senator husband, a former governor of the same state, were killed in a helicopter crash in central Mexico on Monday,...

A British-Iranian academic who was arrested and detained in Iran on security charges has returned to the UK, the Foreign Office has confirmed.Prof Abbas Edalat,...

A boat carrying 13 people thought to be migrants has been picked up off the coast of Kent.Lifeboats and the coastguard helicopter were involved in...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called early elections for April, setting the stage for a three-month campaign clouded by a series of corruption investigations...

A worker was killed and two others suffered burn injuries in a compressor explosion at a factory in Dhaka's Shyampur area on Wednesday morning.  The deceased...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent more troops to Syria's border on Monday ahead of an imminent US withdrawal, as the White House announced he...

Britain is forbidding puppies and kittens from being sold by pet shops in a bid to crack down on animal exploitation and abuse.The government said...

Two people were killed when two trucks collided in Dhaka's Shonir Akhra area on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Harunur Rashid, 42, and Bashar,...

The holy Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, was celebrated on Tuesday in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world with festivity and...

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Xaitongmoin County in Xigaze City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, at 3:32 a.m. Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake...

Three days from Christmas, fewer French "yellow vests" turned out for a sixth Saturday of protests, targeting border points as a fatal road accident brought...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday put emphasis on modern technology-based education to build hunger- and poverty-free prosperous Bangladesh."We've set our goal to make the...

Two members of United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) were gunned down allegedly by rival Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghaty Samity (PCJSS) reformist group in Panchhari upazila...

Thousands of protesters on Saturday took to the streets in Istanbul to demonstrate against the rising cost of living and crippling inflation in Turkey.Surrounded by...

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to...

A painting that was stolen during World War II and later spent decades in a Connecticut home will be returned to an art museum in...

Muhmmad Yunus’ Scottish micro-finance provider - Grameen Foundation Scotland – has collapsed under debts.A provisional liquidator was appointed to the Scottish charity, which provided small...

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged the affluent section of people, organisations, institutions and corporate houses to supplement the government efforts to develop sports in...

Jatiya Oikyafront, the election alliance led by Dr Kamal, asked the Election Commission (EC) to take step to stop inauguration of 'Textbook Festival' by Prime...

Migrant workers should have the right to exercise their franchise in the national election, rights activists told the media on Sunday.It will be impossible for...

Four leaders of quota reform movement were injured in an attack allegedly by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men on the Dhaka University (DU) campus...

His skull still open, a South African musician with a brain tumor played several notes on his guitar during a successful operation to remove most...

Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX is scheduled today to launch a long-delayed US military navigation satellite, which if successful would mark the rocket company's first national...

Three days from Christmas, French “yellow vests” turned out in small numbers for a sixth Saturday of protests in cities and border points as a...

The partial US government shutdown is set to stretch on through Christmas as the Senate adjourned Saturday with no deal in sight to end the...

With the angry departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the United States and its shaken allies are about to discover the true meaning of "America...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday reiterated Bangladesh’s “unwavering commitment” to independent Palestine state.“Bangladesh will continue its support to the cause of Palestine and will...

A citizen dialogue held with participants of upcoming general election about views of enacting and implementing food security act in election manifesto of the political...

The United Kingdom has said they will continue to work with international partners to press for the creation of conditions in Myanmar state of Rakhine...

Donald Trump and congressional Democrats stood at stark odds Thursday as the president balked at a spending stopgap that contains no border wall funding, leaving...

Thousands of people have joined fresh protests in Hungary against a new so-called "slave law" that nearly doubles how much overtime employees can work.The protesters...

The US Supreme Court has ruled against the Trump administration's policy to deny asylum to any migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.The top court rejected...

Bangladesh's national emblem designer Mohammad Idris died at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday.He died after he suffered a heart attack at his Basabo residence in...

British police say two people were arrested early Saturday morning for suspected "criminal use of drones'" in the Gatwick Airport case that has created nightmarish...

Two truck drivers and two motorcyclists were killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur and Thakurgaon on Saturday and Friday night respectively.  In Gazipur, two truck...

Poet Habibullah Siraji has been appointed as the new director general of Bangla Academy.The Public Relations Department of the academy said he took charge of...

The government has declared December 30 as a public holiday across the country to facilitate proper holding of the 11th parliamentary elections on the day.The...

Police on Thursday afternoon detained two local leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Doarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district on charge of planning to commit subversive acts.Detainees...

An extremely rare tornado that touched down west of Seattle was the strongest to hit Washington state since 1986, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.A...

Almost 700 clergymen in Illinois have been accused of child sexual assault, a far greater number than the Catholic Church had previously disclosed, the Midwestern...

Australian investigators have released the final pictures taken on board a seaplane which plunged into a river last year, killing six people.Five members of a...

The press conference of Jatiya Oikya Front Chief Dr Kamal Hossain scheduled for today (Thursday) was postponed as he is sick."Sir (Kamal) is not physically...

Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel offered to resign on Tuesday after opponents tabled a no confidence vote in a political crisis triggered by differences over...

Moderate to thick fog may occur at some places over the country from mid night to tomorrow (Friday) morning, according to Met office. Weather may remain...

Britain's House of Commons erupted in anger on Wednesday when Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn appeared to mouth the words "stupid woman" after a lively...

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled a prototype underground tunnel in Los Angeles which is designed to transport cars at high speed around the city.The tunnel...

The mortal remains of renowned film director Amjad Hossain will reach Dhaka on Friday evening.A flight of Bangladesh Airlines carrying the body took off at4:15pmfrom...

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Enam Ahmed Chowdhury formally joined Awami League.He met Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban...