A search and rescue team of Fire Service and Civil Defence could not leave Dhaka for earthquake-hit Nepal due to a technical glitch of an aircraft which was supposed to carry them.

Israel allowed 14,000 tonnes of building material into war-devastated Gaza yesterday, the defence ministry said of the largest single

Air strikes by Syrian government forces yesterday killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday named his powerful interior minister as heir in a generational shift that also saw one of his sons promoted to second in line to the throne.

The High Court questions the legality of a government notice that declared the posts of nine elected directors of microlender Grameen Bank vacant.

Saudi Arabia's new king announces a major cabinet reshuffle that puts in place a new generation to succeed him.

At least four people were injured in an attack by smugglers at Sadipur village under Benapole Port Police Station on Monday night.

A man, who sustained critical injuries in a clash between two groups of villagers at Raghunathpur village in Benapole of Jessore on April 24, died at a hospital in the capital on Monday night.

At least ten people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami League (AL) and Jubo League in the town on Monday night.

Police are yet to unearth clue to the murder of an ex-army man in Dumki upazila of the district.

Huthi rebels and their allies advanced in the heart of Yemen's second city Aden in heavy fighting that killed at least 20 people, medical and security sources said yesterday.

US expresses disappointment over 'widespread, first-hand, and credible reports of vote-rigging, intimidation and violence that have occurred at polling stations today, and the BNP’s decision to boycott the city corporation polls'.

A court here yesterday sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for raping a three-year-old girl in Matlab Uttar upazila of the district in

Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and its allies seized the last major government-held city in Idlib province yesterday, in a blow that could

Islamist rebels in Syria takes over much of the key north-western town of Jisr al-Shughur, activists say.

The returning officer of Dhaka North City Corporation sends letter to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accusing her of violating the electoral code of conduct.

Blood money for all the 19 Bangladeshi workers who died in a 2013 road crash in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been paid to their families.

A wealthy Saudi royal attracted criticism on social media after he apparently offered luxury cars to fighter pilots participating in a bombing campaign in Yemen.

Two air strikes in Yemen has killed at least 40 people, most of them civilians and has wounded dozens of others, medical sources said.

Afghanistan and Iran yesterday announced plans for enhanced security cooperation to combat threats from the Islamic State group, including possible joint military operations.