Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is implementing all its development programmes centring rural areas to provide a better economic status to...

Five people were killed in a jihadist attack on a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said Wednesday, adding that the victims were three civilians...

At least 170,000 people in the Republic of the Congo (ROC) have been hit by heavy rains while another 140,000 have been impacted by river...

A judge should grant attorney fees to lawyers who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against Ohio's capital city before competing claims on...

Around 2,700 metres of Padma Bridge became visible after the installation of the 18th span at Majher Char in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur on Wednesday.The...

Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a...

Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a Chinese national buried in an open space near his house in city's Banani area. Banani Police OC Noor-e-Azam...

A woman and her son were killed after falling off a running bus at Shimultali area in Araihazar upazila Narayanganj on Tuesday night.The deceased were...

Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gun battle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with...

Former US first lady Michelle Obama spoke to students at a school in southern Vietnam while promoting education for girls to help reach their full...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh  US$ 540 million dollars as concessional loans for skilled human resource development in tertiary education sector.Sungsup Roy,...

Mentioning that the adverse impacts of climate change will continue to strongly challenge lives and livelihoods, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday called upon the local leaders and workers not to give any room to anti-liberation forces and...

A case was filed with a court in Dhaka on Tuesday against acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 10...

Moslem Uddin Ahmed has been nominated as Awami League candidate for the by-polls to Chattogram-8 constituency vacated by the death of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader...

Toxic haze blanketed Sydney Tuesday triggering a chorus of smoke alarms to ring across the city, as Australians braced for “severe” weather conditions expected to...

The Chilean Air Force reported on Monday the disappearance of one of its cargo planes that was headed to a base in Antarctica with 38...

North Korea insulted U.S. President Donald Trump again on Monday, calling him a "heedless and erratic old man" after he tweeted that North Korean leader...

The U.S. government across three White House administrations misled the public about failures in the Afghanistan war, often suggesting success where it didn't exist, according...

Home Minister Ashaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said Bangladesh is a role model in eradicating militancy from the country as it has achieved remarkable success...

People from all walks of life converged at Central Shaheed Minar on Tuesday (Dec 10) to bid a final farewell to Ajoy Roy, Physicist and...

The High Court  on Tuesday observed that 'Joy Bangla' should be national slogan from December 16.  An HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice...

The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support...

Unstable conditions hampered rescue workers Tuesday from searching for at least eight people missing and feared dead after a volcano off the New Zealand coast...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (Dec 9) expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of renowned academic and veteran freedom fighter Professor Ajoy...

 Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday (Dec 9) filed a charge sheet in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act against expelled Jubo League leader...

Bus services in all routes from Mymensingh have been suspended without any prior announcement, causing severe sufferings to the commuters.Bus plying from Maskanda Bus Stand...

The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support...

The Justice Department's internal watchdog will release a highly anticipated report Monday that is expected to reject President Donald Trump's claims that the Russia investigation...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was nervous about his narrowing lead in opinion polls ahead of Thursday's election but pledged to deliver a...

New Zealand will phase out more single-use plastics, announced its government on Sunday.A report, Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand, was released by the Prime...

The International Anti-Corruption Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the world on Monday to raise voice against the growing culture of...

President Abdul Hamid on Monday said commercial courses are turning public universities into business institutions disrupting the campus atmosphere."Thousands of graduates are being produced every...

Kenyan rescuers digging through the rubble of a six-story building found two survivors alive Sunday, two days after it collapsed in Nairobi and killed at...

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday meet ministers involved in his radical pension reform which has prompted a nationwide strike and brought key transport...

A local Jubo League activist was killed and three others received severe injuries in a clash between two groups of Awami League over establishing supremacy...

The National Film Awards-2017 and 2018 were distributed among the winners at a gala ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here on Sunday (Dec...

Minor boy dies falling from moving train in cityAn 11-year-old boy was killed as he fell from a moving train near Banani staff road in...

The Begum Rokeya Day will be observed on Monday marking the 139th birth as well as 87th death anniversary of Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain, a...

The High Court on Sunday ordered Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to remove its sewerage lines connected to the Buriganga River within the...

Police on Saturday detained the boyfriend of Stamford University Bangladesh student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa, over her death. The detained is Abdur Rahman Saikat.He was taken to...

Truckers blocked roads in about 10 regions around France on Saturday to protest against a planned reduction in tax breaks on diesel for road transport,...

The Saudi gunman who attacked a Florida navy base on Friday played videos of mass shootings at a dinner beforehand, according to a US official.Mohammed...

Washington resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar Saturday, a US source said, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly halted diplomatic efforts that could...

The loss of oxygen from the ocean due to climate change risks "dire effects" on sea life, fisheries and coastal communities, a global conservation body...

Abdur Rahman Saikat, arrested in connection with the death of Stamford University student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa, has been placed on a four-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed "deep shame" on Friday during her first visit as chancellor to the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland."I feel deep...

Japan's army during World War II asked the government to provide one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to historical documents reviewed by Kyodo...

Two women died after consuming poison out of family feud in separate incidents in Agailjhara upazila of the district on Saturday (December 7).A 26-year-old woman,...

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Saturday described the government’s move to award 10 percent VAT rebate on importing coal for coal-based power plants as imprudent, ...