Slovaks began voting yesterday in round one of a presidential election that a vocal government critic is poised to win after an investigative journalist's murder dealt a blow to the ruling elite.

Each time Aryana Sayeed, one of Afghanistan's most famous singers, returns to the country of her birth, she braves threats and endures scrutiny right down to her choice of clothes.

An orangutan is slowly recovering after being shot with 74 airgun pellets in Indonesian, an official said Saturday.

Like all her fellows who won the Ducsu elections, Lamea Tanjin Tanha was also invited to the Gono Bhaban yesterday. But she did not attend the event, protesting the alleged irregularities during the polls.

Israel grabbed over 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) of Palestinian land in the past 50 years, citing security needs, but nearly half has gone to its West Bank settlements, an Israeli NGO said Thursday.

The Rab has arrested seven members of a gang which used to “deceive people” in the name of selling Saudi Riyal at half price.

A UPDF activist was shot dead allegedly by a group of JSS-MN Larma men yesterday in Akkhai Karbaripara area of Khagchhari's Panchhari upazila.

North Korea is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a ban on missile and nuclear tests unless Washington makes concessions, a senior diplomat said yesterday.

The ruling Awami League-backed panel won six out of 14 posts in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election while the BNP-backed panel won eight.

Mud houses are not uncommon in rural Bangladesh but they don't have 108 rooms like the one at a Naogaon village.

The UN has honoured three Bangladeshi women who defied tradition, challenged gender stereotypes and social barriers put in front of them because they are women.

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was allegedly stabbed to death by a group of miscreants over previous enmity in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila on Wednesaday.

Ten Saudi women appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since being detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on activists, ratcheting up scrutiny of the kingdom's human rights record.

Experts from seven countries called Wednesday for a moratorium on the kind of genetic manipulation -- known as germline editing -- used last year to permanently modify the genome of twin girls in Shenzhen, China.

New York prosecutors filed mortgage fraud and other charges on Wednesday against Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chief, just minutes after he was sentenced to an additional 43 months in prison in another case.

US actress Lori Loughlin surrendered to authorities on Wednesday and was to appear in a Los Angeles court to face charges in a massive college admissions scam involving other celebrities and top industry CEOs.

Bhutan showed signs of improvement but it was not enough to stop Bangladesh from notching a 2-0 victory in a SAFF Women's Championship encounter at the Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar, Nepal yesterday.

A few Bangladeshi photographers captured shots of a new species of bird for the first time in the country. It is a Chestnut-cheeked starling that breeds in parts of Japan and nearby Russia.

A Bangladeshi research published in a US-based journal found prevalence of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes among the people with sleeping disorders.

The High Court yesterday stayed for three months the investigation of the case filed against renowned photographer Shahidul Alam.