Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins Tuesday's elections, a deeply controversial move that could prove to be the death knell for the two-state solution.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday donated all his movable and immovable properties to a Trust.

A Dutchman yesterday completed an epic 95,000 kilometre (59,000 mile) journey by electric car in Sydney in a bid to prove the viability of such vehicles in tackling climate change.

The world, it seems, is soon to see the first picture of a black hole.

A nine-year-old girl died in her classroom in Barguna's Taltali upazila yesterday as chunks of ceiling plaster fell on her.

Three Rohingya men, suspected to be robbers, were killed in a “gunfight” with police near Nayapara Refugee Camp in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar yesterday.

Holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed in the country on April 21 as the Shaban moon was not sighted in Bangladesh sky yesterday.

At least eight people, including a schoolboy, were killed and 25 others injured in road accidents in four districts since Friday evening.

A Russian engineer working at the Rooppur Nuclear Power project in Pabna's Ishwardi died allegedly after drinking locally made liquor last night while two other Russian engineers were hospitalised.

A third-grader girl was allegedly raped by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver in Noakhali's Senbagh upazila yesterday.

The daylong negotiations between the representatives of agitating jute mill workers and government officials ended without any result yesterday.

Unknown assailants shot a member of the Village Defence Party (VDP) dead in Ashuganj upazila yesterday morning.

They achieved the highest grades in A- and O-levels in the country, a success that makes a great platform to launch their future careers onto the global stage. While the bright minds are for sure to pursue their goals, they have not forgotten their roots, cultures, and responsibilities towards the country.

Bangladesh Chhatra League men allegedly drilled holes in the legs of a 28-year-old man on Thursday night, after failing to extort money from his father.

Farmers were harvesting boro paddy days before those could ripen in Hakaluki Haor in Moulvibazar after rain accompanied by hailstorm damaged crops on vast tracts in the last few days.

A German far-right member of parliament, Markus Frohnmaier, could become "absolutely controlled" by Russia and act in Moscow's interests, media reported yesterday.

Dozens of asylum seekers occupied the main railway station in Athens yesterday in a burgeoning protest demanding access to the border and passage to other EU states.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned Beijing to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of possible military action if China "touches" it amid rising tensions over the key waterway.

Nearly two months after the surrender of top 102 yaba godfathers and traders in Cox's Bazar, police are now drawing up a fresh list of people involved in the trade of crazy pills for a second surrender programme.

Over 600 theatre personalities of India, including Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Usha Ganguli and Amol Palekar, have signed a letter urging the people to "vote BJP and its allies" out of power, alleging that the idea of India and its constitution are “under threat.”