Two boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, land at the RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence says.

Envoys of United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada meet Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at his office and express satisfaction over the prevailing security measures. At the meeting, the envoys said to have inquired whether the prevailing security arrangements would continue, to which the minister said “it will”.

China's leader Xi Jinping is expected to put the seal later on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation.

The first clinical trial injecting foetal stem cells into babies still in the womb has been announced.

Five people, including two RAF personnel, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

A blood test can more than halve the number of people admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack, say doctors.

A pact that helped the tech giants and others send personal data from the EU to the US has been ruled invalid.

In the wake of killing of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh, diplomats in Dhaka seek additional security everywhere across the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the expatriate Bangladeshis in UK to invest in their own country, especially in agro-processing industries, in a bigger way.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached London from New York en route home after winding up her eight-day official visit to the United States.

UK scientists have successfully germinated seeds from the critically endangered Japanese Birch, a species that has just 21 known trees remaining.

There is no justification of alert, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says expressing her surprise as some diplomatic missions in Dhaka issued the alert for their nationals following the murder of an Italian citizen in Dhaka.

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

A day into murder of an Italian in Dhaka, US and Canada advise their citizens to limit their movement while in Bangladesh, saying they have info that militants may target foreigners here.

A problem with Skype's status system causes many people to be unable to use the service currently.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the UK will guarantee a £2bn deal under which China will invest in the Hinkley Point nuclear power station.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves for London for celebrating Eid-ul-Azha with her family members.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow evening to brief the Bangladeshi leaderships on the deal signed between Iran and global superpowers recently.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will leave for London tomorrow for eye treatment.

The next two years could be the hottest on record globally, says research from the UK's Met Office.