Super Typhoon Soudelor develops into the world's most powerful storm of the year as it took aim at Japan, Taiwan and China after trashing the Northern Marianas.

A schoolteacher was electrocuted at Sreerampur village in Magura Sadar upazila yesterday.

Malaysia sends team to the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris which washed up there is from missing flight MH370.

20 percent of Delhi population have no access to piped water and have to be supplied by water tankers, but difference between demand and supply is over 750 million litres a day.

Maritime ports in Bangladesh have been advised to hoist danger signal No. 7 (seven) as cyclonic storm Komen likely to hit seven southern districts by Thursday afternoon, a special weather bulletin of the Met office says.

Detectives claimed that they have foiled Trishal-style snatching of two militant kingpins in custody after arresting eight suspects of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh at Uttara on Monday.

David Cameron is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists - their "common enemy" - during a four-day trade mission.

Three months since Nepal was rocked by a devastating earthquake, life is returning to normal for some.

Russia is seeking a compromise despite its resistance against the establishment of the international criminal tribunal against those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

A mobile court fined 13 gamblers Tk 100 each in Sherpur upazila of the district yesterday afternoon. They are Mohidul Islam, 26, Nur

Rain is pelting the observation deck, falling in sheets so thick we can barely see where the Mekong meets the shore.

Alleging murder, a man files a complaint with police in Kolkata over his dead cat.

Bangladesh embassy suspends operations in war-torn Libya, advises Bangladeshis including migrant workers to avoid traveling there.

Two people, abducted for ransom at Uthrail village in Dinajpur Sadar upazila on July 2, were rescued from the same village yesterday.

The US is upgrading Malaysia from lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, a move that could smooth way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.

A major power failure plunges large parts of southern Pakistan into darkness on Tuesday night.

A Malaysian task force freezes six bank accounts following allegations that Prime Minister Najib Razak received nearly $700m in public funds.

A task force is investigating allegations that a probe into a Malaysian state-controlled investment fund found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred

In the town of Jharia in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand state in India, a fire has been burning for almost a hundred years

A traditional horse race was held at Farabari Sheegari village under Thakurgaon Sadar upazila last week on 11 June 2015. Thousands of