The governments’ lack of good governance is to be blamed for the recent murders of the two foreign nationalities, a BNP spokesperson says.

A suspected robber died in mob beating when his gang was preparing to commit robbery at Gobindapur village under Sadar upazila of the district early yesterday.

A housewife allegedly committed suicide following a family feud at Daulatdihi village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district yesterday. The deceased was identified

Iran rejected as "propaganda" yesterday claims that a seized fishing boat loaded with weapons heading to Yemen was Iranian, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Mahmud Abbas's UN declaration that he is no longer bound by accords with Israel has the potential to upturn what remains of the peace process, but there are doubts whether concrete actions will follow.

Afghan forces pushed into the centre of Kunduz yesterday, triggering pitched gunfights as they sought to flush out Taliban insurgents who held the northern city for three days in a stinging blow to the country's Nato-trained military.

The local administration yesterday imposed Section 144 for an indefinite period in Dashmina upazila town of the district as two rival

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife in 2009.

A college student and a shopkeeper were stabbed to death in Mymensingh and Jessore districts on Tuesday.

The Teesta River has devoured academic buildings and at least 50 homesteads in Dawabari village in Hatibandha upazila of the district

Israeli air raids have hit the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave that was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system,

Arab coalition forces waging a military campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen seized an Iranian boat loaded with weapons in the Arabian Sea on its way to deliver supplies to the group, the Saudi-led alliance said yesterday.

The war against ISIS is expanding to a new frontier: its finances. As the terror group plunders archaeological sites and oil fields in Iraq and Syria, the United States is offering a $5 million reward for tips to stop the smuggling of gas and antiquities.

Taliban fighters yesterday seized a military hilltop site in Kunduz, tightening their grip on the northern Afghan city. The capture of the Bala Hisar fortress came despite efforts by government reinforcements, backed by Nato airstrikes and special forces, to retake the city.

US President Barack Obama has said defeating Islamic State in Syria would only be possible if President Bashar al-Assad stepped down.

A schoolgirl, abducted from Dhunat upazila of Bogra on April 30, was rescued from Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj on Monday morning.

A senior member of the Saudi royal family has called for a coup to replace King Salman as the country's leader, in an unprecedented call

A Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a wedding in southwest Yemen yesterday, killing at least 31 people including children, medics and

New clashes broke out yesterday between Palestinians and Israeli police who stormed Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque

Three housewives were murdered allegedly by their husbands over dowry and family feud in Jessore, Sherpur and Sunamganj districts on Sunday and the day before.