At least nine people were killed and several others injured in road accidents in Gopalganj, Munshiganj and Chuadanga.

Nine more Bangladeshis, rescued by the Malaysian authorities during the Southeast Asian migrant crisis in May this year, return home

A Faridpur court exempts journalist Probir Sikdar from appearing before it in a case filed under Information and Communication Technology Act.

At least 54 people were killed in a series of blasts in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police said yesterday, the latest attacks by

Admission seekers continue demonstration across the country demanding a retake of the medical and dental tests alleging question paper leak. Also, the High Court has been moved seeking cancellation of the exams held on Friday alleging the same.

Zimbabwe's 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament on Tuesday, repeating an address he gave to the legislature last month.

The roll-out of high-speed mobile connectivity in Africa and India is demonstrating yet again how emerging economies can leapfrog traditional developmental stages to accelerate their economic growth.

Teachers of 37 public universities across the country go on a work abstention today demanding a separate pay scale to settle their salary discrimination.

Students pursue mass protests in Dhaka and put road blockades along key points in the capital, severely disrupting traffic in strike against 7.5 percent VAT on private university tuition fees. They say protests will continue until the VAT is withdrawn.

Chandpur police in separate drives on Tuesday and Wednesday arrested two youths from Laxmipur and Gazipur districts on charge of

Nineteen people died when an overloaded canoe capsized in Mali, local authorities said yesterday, in the second major river accident in the poor west African

At least 50 African Union soldiers are believed to have been killed and another 50 are missing after Shebab militants overran a military camp in southern

Somalia's al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union base yesterday before storming the compound, with witnesses

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War-torn Somalia remains in a "critical" state four years after a devastating famine, the UN warned yesterday, noting a sharp rise in those needing food aid.

Gunmen in Nigeria's southern oil city Port Harcourt have kidnapped a senior journalist working for a private national newspaper, police and the daily

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback shot dead nearly 80 people in separate attacks on three villages in Nigeria's restive northeast at the weekend, a vigilante and residents said yesterday.

A Dhaka court grants three-day remand against each of the five people held in connection with a case filed against them for their alleged involvement with international human organ trafficking syndicate.

A child bomber killed six people yesterday outside a bus station in the heartland of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in northeastern Nigeria.

Flood situation in several northern districts remains grave, amid heavy downpour and onrush of water from the upstream across the