At least 25 houses and five shops were gutted as a fire broke out in Harinahati area of Kaliakoir upazila in the early hours of Monday.

Russia threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Danish warships if Denmark joins NATO's missile defence system, in comments Copenhagen called unacceptable and NATO said would not contribute to peace.

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Police arrested a suspected top leader of banned Islamic militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a house in Baganbari area, Dhaka on Monday morning.

Sri Lanka's new government on Sunday conferred the country's highest military rank of field marshal to former army chief Sarath Fonseka, who was jailed on alleged treason charges by the ...

Syrian insurgents captured several government airmen after their helicopter crashed in a rebel-held area of northwestern Syria on Sunday, activists said.

Barcelona moved four points clear at the top of La Liga as Luis Suarez's brilliant individual effort handed them a 2-1 win over Real Madrid on Sunday. Jeremy Mathieu headed Barca ...

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Ohedpur border area in Shibganj upazila in the early hours of Monday. The deceased is Tariqul islam, ...

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, died on Monday aged 91, triggering a flood of tributes to the man who oversaw the tiny city-state’s rapid rise from a British ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) announced two candidates against a post for the forthcoming Dhaka City Corporation election of north and south for the fear of enforced disappearance.

President Barack Obama said he takes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "at his word" for saying that an independent Palestinian state will never co-exist with Israel as long as he ...

BNP will take part in all elections during the five-year tenure of the current government led by prime minister Sheikh Hasina, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said on Sunday.

Pakistani troops killed 80 militants in heavy clashes in the lawless northwest, near the mountainous border with Afghanistan, a spokesman said on Sunday, while the Pakistani Taliban said at least ...

Most internet users in Bangladesh and India avail themselves of the internet facility for searching jobs, according to a survey conducted by Washington-based Pew Research Centre, reports UNB.

Pakistan will tour Bangladesh in April for a full series involving all three formats with the Pakistan government giving the board the green signal. The tour is likely to be ...

The people of Bangladesh can resolve their political crisis, said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Dhaka Robert Watkins.The UNDP representative made the remark in a felicitation programme ...

Lenovo's Yoga series of notebooks was among the first of devices to offer a versatile form factor, rotating 360 degrees transforming into a video screen and even a tablet. The ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government will build model mosque in all districts and upazilas across Bangladesh to facilitate Islamic education. Sheikh Hasina came up with the remark while addressing ...

Olivier Giroud tormented Newcastle yet again as he scored twice for Arsenal in a 2-1 away win that cemented their place in the Premier League's top four on Saturday. France striker ...