Cyanide levels more than 350 times standard limits have been detected in water close to the site of deadly explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin.

Monday's bombing in Thailand "unlikely" to be the work of international terror group, Thai government says.

District police administration has suspended the officer in charge of Kushtia Model Police Station Abdul Khaleq on charge of negligence

Myanmar's powerful ruling party chief Shwe Mann has been ousted from his post, party members said on Thursday.

At least 26 people remain missing after a landslide in China's northwest Shaanxi province.

China devalued its currency after a run of poor economic data, a move it billed as a free-market reform.

Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been treated for "water on the brain" and a chest infection, the palace revealed in a rare statement.

Super Typhoon Soudelor develops into the world's most powerful storm of the year as it took aim at Japan, Taiwan and China after trashing the Northern Marianas.

A schoolteacher was electrocuted at Sreerampur village in Magura Sadar upazila yesterday.

Malaysia sends team to the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris which washed up there is from missing flight MH370.

20 percent of Delhi population have no access to piped water and have to be supplied by water tankers, but difference between demand and supply is over 750 million litres a day.

Maritime ports in Bangladesh have been advised to hoist danger signal No. 7 (seven) as cyclonic storm Komen likely to hit seven southern districts by Thursday afternoon, a special weather bulletin of the Met office says.

Detectives claimed that they have foiled Trishal-style snatching of two militant kingpins in custody after arresting eight suspects of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh at Uttara on Monday.

David Cameron is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists - their "common enemy" - during a four-day trade mission.

Three months since Nepal was rocked by a devastating earthquake, life is returning to normal for some.

Russia is seeking a compromise despite its resistance against the establishment of the international criminal tribunal against those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

A mobile court fined 13 gamblers Tk 100 each in Sherpur upazila of the district yesterday afternoon. They are Mohidul Islam, 26, Nur

Rain is pelting the observation deck, falling in sheets so thick we can barely see where the Mekong meets the shore.

Alleging murder, a man files a complaint with police in Kolkata over his dead cat.

Bangladesh embassy suspends operations in war-torn Libya, advises Bangladeshis including migrant workers to avoid traveling there.