Bangladesh has issued separate travel advisories warning for citizens travelling to Australia and New Zealand following the March 15 terror attacks in Christchurch that left five Bangladeshi origins brutally killed and three others injured.

Two men were killed and five others injured a faction of local Awami League unleashed an attack on the supporters of a rival faction of the same party in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi yesterday morning.

Prime Minister of Bhutan Lotay Tshering will pay a visit to Bangladesh in the second week of April and is expected to sign multiple bilateral deals.

A suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early yesterday, hours after he was picked up by the law enforcers.

An alleged drug smuggler was killed in what police said was a “gunfight” between two groups of drug traders in Meherpur's Gangni upazila early yesterday.

Police arrested the prime accused in the Sunamganj farmer leader Azad Miah murder case.

Two cabin crew members and a private bank official were arrested along with over five kg of gold in two separate drives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital early yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday deferred until April 17 the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 16 others in the Gatco graft case as she was not produced before it due to illness.

At least three times the typical high-end broadband speed, TV service, video-on-demand, and internet telephony through a single cable from this Pahela Baishakh is what a local company is promising Dhaka dwellers.

Amid continued agitations for fresh elections to Ducsu and hall unions, the authorities yesterday fixed March 23 for the first executive meeting of newly elected student representatives of the Dhaka University.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Italy, Monaco and France this week, the foreign ministry said yesterday, with Rome expected to join his global trade infrastructure programme despite reservations in other European countries.

It is premature to say whether recent activity at some of North Korea's rocket facilities involved preparation for a missile launch, South

China yesterday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 "terrorists" have been arrested there since 2014.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that the government would file a legal case in Iran against US officials who imposed sanctions on the country as a precursor to action in international courts.

Three people, including a pregnant woman, have been killed and 25 others injured in a clash at Mirpur village in Bijoynagar upazila.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a two-and-a-half month old infant, who was abducted on March 11, from a septic tank in Bagerhat's Morrelganj upazila.

A suspected mugger was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Bosila Garden City area of the capital's Mohammadpur early yesterday.

Nasiruddin had a dream to change the fate of his family by working hard and earning a good wage in the oil-rich Saudi Arabia. It, however, tragically turned into a nightmare just in a month as he had to face detention and deportation.

At a mosque on a quiet Islamabad street, any reference to the UN-listed terror group which runs it has been removed as Pakistan -- once again -- comes under pressure to demonstrate its sincerity about eliminating militancy.

Thousands of supporters of Catalan independence marched through central Madrid on Saturday in protest at the ongoing trial of 12 separatist leaders who face years in prison for their role in organising a failed independence bid from Spain in 2017.