An Islamist coalition that includes Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front takes over one of the last government strongholds in western Idlib province, activists say.

Three kids drowned and at least 10 people went missing as a boat capsized in the Meghna River during a storm in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.

Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested four people with 126 gold bars weighing 18.3 kilograms at Chanchra in Jessore town yesterday.

Iran yesterday warned global powers against making "excessive demands" in talks aimed at sealing a ground-breaking nuclear deal,

Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate would not use Syria as a launching pad for attacks on the West, its chief said in a wide-randing televised interview late Wednesday.

A 15-year-old girl has been 'raped' at Bekutiya village in Kawkhali upazila of the district.

Kurdish forces have driven the Islamic State group from more than a dozen Assyrian Christian villages that the jihadists had captured in northeastern Syria, a monitor said yesterday.

The Islamic State jihadist group shot dead at least 20 men in the ruins of Syria's ancient city Palmyra yesterday, accusing them of fighting for the government, a monitor said.

Bangladesh plans to relocate thousands of Rohingya who have spent years in refugee camps near the Myanmar border to a southern island, an official says.

US hopes that information comes from the maritime surveillance flights will provide an enhanced understanding of the position of boatpeople at sea.

Iraqi forces closed in on Ramadi yesterday and launched an operation aimed at cutting off the jihadists in Anbar province before a major offensive to retake the city.

Police rescued a young man from Birampur upazila in the district on Monday, three days after his abduction from Bogra.

Thirteen worn-out Bailey bridges across rivers intercepting different important roads belonging to the Roads and Highways department (RHD) in the district make vehicular movement highly risky.

Ongoing clashes between Taliban and Islamic State jihadists in western Afghanistan have left at least 27 insurgents dead and 20 other people injured, officials told Efe news agency.

Rebel forces and loyalist fighters were locked in fierce fighting in Yemen yesterday as hopes of a political solution faded after the United Nations postponed peace talks.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for corruption yesterday, the latest legal blow in a spectacular fall from grace.

Iran accused United States of doing nothing to help Iraq's army battle jihadists in Ramadi, as Iraq yesterday rejected accusations by the US defence chief that its security forces dodged the battle and lack the will to fight the Islamic State group.

Government will cut fuel prices in next budget to pass on benefits of the huge fall in its prices in international markets to consumers.

Sheikh Hasina’s criticism on illegally migrating workers draws widespread flak both at home and abroad.

Saudi Arabia yesterday confirmed the suicide bomber who killed 21 worshippers at a Shia mosque had links with the Islamic State group