India announced yesterday a general election to be held in seven stages starting on April 11, when hundreds of millions of voters will cast ballots in the world's biggest democracy.

A man who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1969 has finally received a congratulatory telegram from family friends that was sent more than 50 years ago.

Six men were caught in the act of gang-raping two teenage girls at Benapole in Jashore yesterday, said locals.

Several thousand workers of nine state-run jute mills took to the streets in Khulna and Jashore yesterday, demanding payment of arrears, removal of corrupt officials from the mills and implementation of an already proposed wage commission.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday urged government to discontinue the Speedy Supply of Power and Energy Act immediately as the country progressed a lot in meeting energy needs in recent years.

Imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday once again refused to be treated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

The Dalits and indigenous communities of the plain lands in Bangladesh face widespread socio-economic discrimination because of their identities, says a study conducted by Transparency International Bangladesh.

The third day of the second Test, after the first two days were washed out, was like a rerun of the first innings of the first Test in Hamilton as despite a solid start from the openers, Bangladesh folded for a small total of 211 within the first two sessions against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday.

The Dhaka University authorities seized more than 100 cricket stumps and bats from a small shop on the campus premises near the TSC last night.

The British government drew fresh criticism yesterday over its decision to revoke citizenship from a London teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, after her baby died in a refugee camp.

A home ministry probe body formed after the Chawkbazar fire concluded that the flames originated from the first floor of Wahed Mansion.

The capital's mosquito population seems to be rising, but the two city corporations are doing little to contain the menace.

Israeli forces yesterday said they had launched several strikes against Hamas sites in Gaza in response to a projectile launched from the besieged coastal territory the night before.

An American NGO defending journalists targeted South African radical leftist opposition leader Julius Malema yesterday after he tweeted the personal phone number of a reporter who has since received a flood of threats.

Floods caused by incessant downpours have left 23 people dead across Malawi, the country's Homeland Security Ministry said on Friday.

Justin Trudeau rose to power in Canada as a champion of feminism and indigenous rights, quickly earning him golden boy status at home and abroad as a progressive leader.

A Chicago grand jury on Friday indicted American actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts after allegedly lying to police about being the victim of a racist, homophobic hate crime.

At least three people were killed and three others severely injured in an accident at Murail Bazar in Adamdighi upazila yesterday.

A six-year-old girl has allegedly been raped in Dalalbazar area of Laxmipur's Sadar upazila.

The World Bank has approved a $165 million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar and took shelter in Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas in Cox's Bazar.