Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for mobilising a new global alliance to promote women's rights and empowerment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for keeping up pressure on Myanmar from different levels for resolving the Rohingya crisis.

President Xi Jinping sought to open a "new chapter" in relations between China and India as he hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The leaders of North and South Korea embraced yesterday and pledged to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula" on a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.

Rohingya refugees cannot be expected to return safely, voluntarily and sustainably from Bangladesh to Myanmar's Rakhine State as the situation remains extremely concerning there, the United Nations says ahead of the Security Council delegation's four-day visit to the two countries.

Bangladesh looks forward with optimism as the UN Security Council delegation begins a visit to Bangladesh today, eight months into

Myanmar has been playing tricks not only on Bangladesh but also on the United Nations Security Council over the repatriation of Rohingyas since September last year.

At least 15 people, including three police constables, were injured after police opened fire during a clash between a group of CNG-run

As Monira Begum started experiencing labour pains at her home in Dinajpur yesterday morning, her husband Mofazzal Hossain was

The dolphin census going on in the Sundarbans area is indicating that the number of the mammals in the mangrove forest rivers is

A gang of muggers posing as passengers and bus staffers mugged a boy and shoved him off the moving vehicle in Sitakunda upazila

The Rab has claimed to have recovered Tk 10 crore from the house of a businessman with a Commercially Important

The law minister and the attorney general have said BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman is not a citizen of Bangladesh any more

The World Food Programme has so far received donations of $45 million, only 18 percent of $243 million required mainly for providing food to one million Rohingyas and 200,000 locals in Cox's Bazar until December.

The government has made a move to amend the four-stroke three-wheeler service guideline to allow the vehicles to use any gas.

AKM Fahim Mashroor, CEO of bdjobs.com, was freed hours after police detained him yesterday in connection with a case filed under

Like a typical cashier, his job entailed scanning purchased items for their price and packing the items into a bag. But unlike other

The UN Security Council's forthcoming visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar appears to be an opportunity for both the countries to garner the high-powered body's support in favour of their respective strategies on the Rohingya issue.

The ruling Awami League and its arch-rival BNP have taken the Khulna and Gazipur city polls seriously as it will be a crucial test of their popularity ahead of the next national election slated for December.

Renuka Barai trod lightly on the edge of a hyacinth-filled low-land which once housed the ill-fated Rana Plaza factory complex. She stopped at the western side, a vacant look across her face.