Seoul said yesterday it agreed to hike its payment for maintaining American troops on its soil, settling a dispute with its longtime ally ahead of a second summit between the US and North Korea.

Australia's most populous state said yesterday it would embark on the "biggest overhaul of building laws" in its history, months after

The Thai political party that nominated a princess as its candidate for prime minister could be banned from a general election in March after an activist said yesterday he would file a petition seeking its dissolution.

An Ethiopian military helicopter crashed inside a United Nations compound in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan, killing three crew members and injuring 10 passengers, the UN said in a statement yesterday.

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.

Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will go on trial this week over an extraordinary financial scandal that contributed to the downfall of his long-ruling coalition and reverberated around the world.

The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Istanbul rose to 21 Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said authorities have "lessons to learn" from the incident.

A Jhenidah court yesterday sent three men to jail on charges of gang-raping a 14-year-old mute and deaf girl in the district's Kaliganj upazila.

A “smart school” in Pirpur village of Chuadanga has created quite a buzz within two months of being transformed.

Investigators have not made any headway in solving the sensational murders of journalist couple Sagar and Runi in seven years.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday approved charge sheet against 33 people over the allegations of corruption and irregularities in the construction of haor embankments that aggravated the flash flood situation in the region in March and April 2017.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will begin a week-long visit on February 14 to join two conferences on security and defence in Germany and the United Arab Emirates.

Three teenagers were killed after a bus rammed into their motorbike on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Konabari area yesterday.

The telecom regulator has declared Grameenphone as the operator with the Significant Market Power in a move that can shake up the country's mobile telephony landscape.

At least 30 people, including three policemen, were injured when two rival groups of Awami League clashed over the party ticket in the upcoming upazila parishad election in Aditmari upazila yesterday.

US-backed forces were locked in fierce fighting yesterday as they pressed the battle against the last shred of the Islamic State group's

President Donald Trump appeared prepared Friday to ignore the US Congress's deadline to determine who ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi amid new revelations that Saudi Arabia's crown prince spoke of going after the journalist "with a bullet."

At least 70 people died after consuming spurious liquor in two adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand states of India, officials said yesterday.

The Hindu community is celebrating Saraswati Puja across the country today amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervour.

President Donald Trump, who delights in confounding health experts with his junk food cravings and disinclination to exercise, is "in very good health," his doctor declared Friday following an annual medical checkup.