Bangladeshi netizens remained keen on foreign personalities and films more, except for a few local items including Khaleda Zia and Hero Alam throughout 2018, suggests the searches they made on Google.

A member of United Peoples Democratic Front was shot dead by a group of unidentified criminals in Vuochara area of Rangamati's Langadu upazila yesterday.

Two minor girls were allegedly gang-raped in separate incidents in Khulna and Rajbari on Monday.

The hope for justice for a college girl, who was sexually assaulted during an Awami League rally last year, has turned bleak as police have appealed to close the case claiming they could not identify the culprits.

Dhaka has strongly protested Naypyidaw's allegations that terrorists recently attacked a police outpost in Myanmar from Bangladesh territory, terming those false.

A passionate Brazilian football fan has drawn nationwide attention for narrating her local team's soccer matches live to her blind and autistic son.

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by members of the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) in Ranishankail upazila's Jagodal area on Monday afternoon.

Though two lawmakers-elect of the Gonoforum have expressed willingness to join parliament, the party still sticks to its decision of not joining.

The High Court yesterday summoned the director general of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and three other government officials to explain why a person named Jaha Alam, instead of the real accused, was in jail for the last three years.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that he will not respond to criticism by populist Italian leaders Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini because their words are of "no interest".

Bahrain's Supreme Court, whose verdicts are final, yesterday upheld a life sentence for Shia opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman for spying for Gulf rival Qatar, the public prosecutor said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hosted a tea party at the Gono Bhaban in honour of foreign diplomats, heads of different missions and representatives of international organisations.

Chinese state-run media yesterday decried the sacking of Canada's ambassador to Beijing, who was fired after he suggested it would be "great" for Ottawa to release a detained Huawei executive.

US warned Venezuela that any threats against American diplomats or opposition leader Juan Guaido will be met with "a significant response".

Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi described the National Register of Citizens (NRC) a "waste paper" and said it should have been linked to voters list.

Two police officials were injured in an attack by Chhatra League men following a raid on their houses at Sherpur district's Sreebardi upazila on Sunday night.

It looked like any other email job-seekers send. The sender Rasel Ahlam attached a cover letter and a resume apparently hoping for a call for a personal interview.

Poor infrastructure, endemic corruption, insufficient power supply, and slow implementation of economic reforms were found to be impediments to Bangladesh's economic growth, said a new global report.

Rab yesterday arrested a sub-inspector of Armed Police Battalion and a woman on charges of forcing children into prostitution in Sylhet.

A rare carnivorous plant has found its way into the campus of Dinajpur Government College, triggering curiosity among students and teachers, particularly those studying botany.