At least four people were injured in Barishal and a highway was blocked in Mymensingh yesterday following feuds over Awami League nomination for the upcoming national elections.

The Election Commission yesterday asked the executive magistrates to ensure equal opportunity for all candidates during the 11th general election scheduled for December 30.

European Union leaders yesterday approved a historic Brexit deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May, and together warned rebellious MPs in London this was the best and only option available.

Indian officers had a nervous long-distance face-off with the tribe who killed an American missionary, in their latest bid to locate his body on a remote island, police said yesterday.

At only 14, Rafikul Islam Rabbi is already a source of inspiration.

A second grader in Noakhali's Sonaimuri upazila has allegedly been raped by her cousin when she went to her uncle's house for watching television.

The humanitarian operations for the Rohingyas should be more transparent and cost effective as their repatriation may take longer than expected and the funding is inadequate.

The Bangladesh Bank has published a report on the banking sector development over the last 10 years ahead of the national elections,

The Karatoa is facing a fatal threat. The famous river is shrinking, at some points by a fifth of its total width, due to widespread grabbing along its banks in Bogura's Sadar upazila, according to a government survey and locals.

Rab yesterday said they had the Bangladeshi PhD student at a South Korean University -- who had gone missing from the airport area before his flight on Wednesday -- in their custody.

Two of the 12 labourers who had suffered burns in an explosion at a steel mill in Narayanganj on Friday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.

Political and security experts yesterday said credibility of the upcoming parliamentary election depended on the Election Commission, but its performance so far was not satisfactory.

Two Colombian soldiers were killed and another two wounded Friday along the country's border with Venezuela in a bomb attack blamed by the military on rebels from the National Liberation Army.

Brazil has opened criminal proceedings against former left-wing leaders Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff for allegedly receiving bribes with money diverted from state-owned oil giant Petrobras.

Russia does not want any "artificial deadlines" for the Syrian peace process, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, saying those who do want to sabotage Russian-backed peace efforts.

A destructive earthquake that struck New Zealand two years ago has left its two main islands edging towards each other, and one city sinking, according to scientists.

UN envoy Martin Griffiths met a Yemeni rebel leader in insurgent-held Sanaa yesterday and is to follow up by holding talks with Yemen's government in Riyadh, a UN source said.

More than 15,000 migrants have returned home from Libya through a voluntary programme since the beginning of 2018, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday.

Hundreds of posters seeking votes for the Awami League have been pasted on the walls of different buildings in Dinajpur town in violation of the electoral code of conduct.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday after it suffered major defeats in key mid-term polls, a significant blow to her prospects for re-election in 2020.