Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged members of Ansar and VDP to remain vigilant against drug abuse, militancy and terrorism.

An 18-year-old girl, who came to Dhaka from Bhola a few days ago in search of work, was allegedly raped in the city's Rupnagar area on Sunday.

Catalan separatist leaders accused of rebellion for trying to make their region independent from Spain launched their defence yesterday at the start of a long-awaited trial.

Germany will put on a show of unity with the United States in talks on importing natural gas, as Berlin battles accusations an under-construction pipeline deepens European energy dependence on Russia.

French rail authorities yesterday said they were investigating the cause of a rare tram collision in a Paris suburb which injured 12 people, one of them seriously.

A 15-year-old Belarusian yesterday stabbed his teacher and a classmate to death while seriously injuring two others, authorities said, in a rare school attack in the ex-Soviet nation.

More than 820 million electronic "red packets" were sent over China's Lunar New Year holiday, leading social media platform WeChat said, as the centuries-old practice of exchanging monetary gifts increasingly goes digital.

Indonesian authorities yesterday launched an investigation after a police force chief admitted an officer wrapped a live snake around a terrified suspect in a bid to force a confession.

A British departure from the European Union without a deal could put 600,000 jobs around the world at risk, with Germany the hardest hit, a study published yesterday found.

Talks on border security funding collapsed after Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed over immigrant detention policy as they worked to avert another US government shutdown, a Republican senator said on Sunday.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the popular sister of the head of India's main opposition Congress party, made her political debut yesterday with a roadshow drawing thousands in the most populous state months before a general election due by May.

Primary schools around Tangail have begun transforming into colourful structures and each is being equipped with brand new multimedia classrooms, libraries and playgrounds.

All of Gopalganj town yesterday grieved the loss of five district Jubo League and Chhatra League men, including four students.

A drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” between two feuding gangs of illegal traders in Charghat upazila's Raotha village early yesterday.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 22 Rohingyas, including children and women, from Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early yesterday. The 22 were going to be trafficked to Malaysia through the Bay of Bengal.

Awami League presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury is set to become deputy leader of the House for the third consecutive term.

Two Awami League lawmakers last night demanded the public administration ministry carry out a departmental probe as to why Narayanganj Sadar UNO Hosne Ara Begum Bina was made an OSD during her pregnancy.

A 13-year-old boy was arrested yesterday on charge of raping a 5-year-old girl in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh, police said.

Four upazila chairman candidates from the ruling Awami League are set to be elected uncontested as they have no rivals.

A Russian official said yesterday that Moscow had repatriated a fresh batch of children whose mothers are being held in Iraq for belonging to the Islamic State group.