Taiwan has made a formal request to the United States for new fighter jets to defend itself against increasing Chinese threats, Deputy Defence Minister Shen Yi-ming told reporters yesterday.

A 17-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by two youths in Dhaka's Dhamrai upazila.

A teenager was killed and 32 others injured in a grenade attack by suspected terrorists in the crowded general bus stand area in the heart of Jammu city yesterday, officials said.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he'd be "very, very disappointed" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if reports that work is underway to rebuild a long-range rocket site are confirmed.

An Albert Einstein "puzzle" has been solved thanks to a missing manuscript page emerging in a trove of his writings newly acquired by Jerusalem's Hebrew University, officials announced Wednesday.

A member of United People's Democratic Front was killed allegedly by a group of unidentified criminals in Bandarban's Baghaichari upazila yesterday.

A Thai court yesterday ordered the dissolution of a major political party for nominating the king's sister as its candidate for prime minister in a March 24 election, the first since the military seized power in a 2014 coup.

The Gonoforum yesterday expelled Sultan Mohammad Mansur from the party, hours after he took oath as a member of parliament, violating a party decision.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader's heart is now functioning without a support, doctors said.

The Dhaka University authorities have apparently been turning a blind eye to the violation of electoral code of conduct by the candidates and their supporters during the campaign for the upcoming Ducsu election.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sought cooperation from all, irrespective of their party affiliations, in establishing Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous country.

Police in Bogura detained actor Ashraful Alam, popularly known as Hero Alam, yesterday, hours after a complaint was filed that he physically tortured his wife.

Vote rigging would not take place at night in the upcoming upazila election, it would be done in broad daylight, said Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, whose party is a component of the ruling Awami League-led grand alliance.

Bangladesh expects Saudi investments of up to $20 billion in various projects, including high-speed train link, oil refinery and an aircraft repair and maintenance facility.

Due to hazardous levels of air pollution, a parliamentary body yesterday asked the environment, forest and climate change ministry to take measures so that the health ministry issues a public health alert urging people to avoid the capital, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram cities, unless it is an emergency.

The High Court yesterday said the Anti-Corruption Commission must take the responsibility for Jaha Alam not getting bail much earlier.

Iran and France are set to exchange ambassadors, officials said yesterday, after months of tensions including over an alleged Iranian plot to bomb an opposition rally near Paris.

The sudden death last year of millions of Iraqi carp, used in the country's signature dish, was caused by a strain of herpes harmless to humans, the United Nations said yesterday.

A military academy that Donald Trump attended as a teenager concealed his academic records in 2011 in response to pressure from Trump allies, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

There is no widespread support for the Dalai Lama in Tibet and ordinary people are grateful to the Communist Party for "bringing them a happy life", Chinese officials insisted yesterday.