Taliban fighters yesterday seized a military hilltop site in Kunduz, tightening their grip on the northern Afghan city. The capture of the Bala Hisar fortress came despite efforts by government reinforcements, backed by Nato airstrikes and special forces, to retake the city.

US President Barack Obama has said defeating Islamic State in Syria would only be possible if President Bashar al-Assad stepped down.

A senior member of the Saudi royal family has called for a coup to replace King Salman as the country's leader, in an unprecedented call

A schoolgirl, abducted from Dhunat upazila of Bogra on April 30, was rescued from Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj on Monday morning.

Three housewives were murdered allegedly by their husbands over dowry and family feud in Jessore, Sherpur and Sunamganj districts on Sunday and the day before.

A Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a wedding in southwest Yemen yesterday, killing at least 31 people including children, medics and

New clashes broke out yesterday between Palestinians and Israeli police who stormed Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque

A total of 305 Bangladeshi pilgrims return from Saudi Arabia after performing the holy Hajj.

At least two people are killed and three others injured in a village clash over a trifling matter at Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh.

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, the grand mufti, has said Thursday's stampede that killed more than 700 people at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca was beyond human control.

President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid urges all on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha to remain alert so that no one can make any evil gain using religion.

Thousands of passengers get stuck on Dhaka-Tangail highway for hours due to a 30-kilometre tailback following a road crash, causing sufferings to the home-bound people today, a day before the Eid-ul-Azha.

Two alleged snatchers are killed when a crude bomb hurled by the duo during a mugging exploded in Chittagong city.

The Syrian regime has intensified its air strikes on the jihadist-held ancient city of Palmyra, killing more than 100 people including civilians in recent days, a

Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a

Egypt's president yesterday pardoned Al-Jazeera's jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and his colleague Baher Mohamed, who were sentenced last month to three years in prison, the presidency said.

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi yesterday worked to restore his authority after returning from six months of exile with a vow to liberate the country from Shia Huthi rebels.

Two million Muslims from around the world arrived in the Mina valley outside the holy city of Makkah.

Sixteen fishermen who went missing in the Bay on September 12 are now in an Indian jail.

The District and Sessions Judge's Court here yesterday sentenced a man to death and seven others to life imprisonment for killing a madrasa student in Monohardi upazila of the district in 2011.