Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned to take steps to stop drivers from being engaged in “evil races” on roads and highways, which often cause fatal accidents.

Drivers of CNG-run vehicles may have to show that the CNG-cylinders have been tested and certified before being allowed to refuel.

The United States on Friday clashed with China at the UN Security Council over Beijing's Belt and Road initiative, saying the infrastructure investment scheme had "known problems" with corruption and debt distress.

The grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX jets after the crash in Ethiopia has had no immediate financial impact on airlines using the planes, but it will get painful for the industry the longer they do not fly, companies and analysts said on Friday.

Israel grabbed over 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) of Palestinian land in the past 50 years, citing security needs, but nearly half has gone to its West Bank settlements, an Israeli NGO said Thursday.

The Rab has arrested seven members of a gang which used to “deceive people” in the name of selling Saudi Riyal at half price.

A UPDF activist was shot dead allegedly by a group of JSS-MN Larma men yesterday in Akkhai Karbaripara area of Khagchhari's Panchhari upazila.

North Korea is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a ban on missile and nuclear tests unless Washington makes concessions, a senior diplomat said yesterday.

The ruling Awami League-backed panel won six out of 14 posts in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election while the BNP-backed panel won eight.

Mud houses are not uncommon in rural Bangladesh but they don't have 108 rooms like the one at a Naogaon village.

The UN has honoured three Bangladeshi women who defied tradition, challenged gender stereotypes and social barriers put in front of them because they are women.

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was allegedly stabbed to death by a group of miscreants over previous enmity in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila on Wednesaday.

A Bangladeshi research published in a US-based journal found prevalence of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes among the people with sleeping disorders.

The High Court yesterday stayed for three months the investigation of the case filed against renowned photographer Shahidul Alam.

Two alleged criminals were found dead in Chuadanga and Jhenidah yesterday, while a suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh in Cox's Bazar.

The government plans to introduce three VAT rates of up to 10 percent instead of the current single rate of 15 percent.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the country's affluent people to come forward for the welfare of the distressed people following the example set by Ranada Prasad Shaha through his philanthropic activities.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday pressed charges against six people in the sensational murder case of blogger Avijit Roy.

Ten Saudi women appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since being detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on activists, ratcheting up scrutiny of the kingdom's human rights record.

Experts from seven countries called Wednesday for a moratorium on the kind of genetic manipulation -- known as germline editing -- used last year to permanently modify the genome of twin girls in Shenzhen, China.