Five people, including a woman, died of diarrhoea at Sajek in Baghaichhari upazila in the last two days.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a drug peddler and his wife with 4,065 Yaba tablets from Baro Mirzapur village under

President Barack Obama will seek to convince Gulf allies including Saudi Arabia yesterday that the United States is committed to their

The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would end spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone data, setting up a potential showdown with the US Senate over the program, which expires on June 1.

Unique among Bangladeshi islands for its hilly terrain, Moheshkhali in Cox's Bazar is assumed to have separated from the mainland

Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.

A passenger train derails in Philadelphia, killing at least six people and injuring more than 140 others, officials in the US city say.

The Bangladeshis rescued off the Indonesian coast yesterday are taken in for questioning by Malaysian authorities, local authorities say.

Police arrests three suspected human traffickers and seized 32 fake passports from their possession in Halishahar area of Chittagong.

At least three people were killed and 51 others injured as a nor'wester lashed different upazilas of Pabna, Manikganj, Bandarban and Bhola districts yesterday.

The United Nations will on Monday review the US rights record, with police brutality and racism, mass surveillance and the legacy of

Police in Colombia say they have recovered a signed first edition copy of the novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

The Ebola virus has been detected in the eye of a US doctor who had already recovered from the illness.

An eight-year-old boy has been smuggled to Spain from Morocco inside a suitcase, Spanish police say.

In the dry spring months Moheshkhali Island's Ghortibanga Bazar appears as a desert outpost, a film set from a western genre movie. It

A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by her house tutor at Jhukuria village in Sadar upazila yesterday.

Robberies on roads and highways have increased in the southwestern region, making journeys dangerous for the commuters.

Five people were killed and at least six others injured by lightning in different upazilas of Mymensingh yesterday.

Police in Mexico rescues more than 100 migrants kidnapped by a human trafficking gang near the capital.

Two people were killed and 15 others injured over land disputes in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi and Kalmakanda upazila of Netrokona districts yesterday and the day before.