United States will urge Myanmar to cooperate with Bangladesh particularly to rescue and provide immediate relief to migrants adrift,says deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State.

Do you hear the harmonium start to turn its churning phrase? The folk song voice of late Shefali Ghosh isn't far off. On the subject of betel, Moheshkhali's paan, she's got something to say.

The United Nations and the United States condemns a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries.

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Meherpur Sadar upazila.

"Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account."

Police arrested the prime accused in a case for attacking people of Paulpara Hindu community in Noymail area under Shajahanpur upazila early yesterday.

Nine people were killed and 18 were injured on Sunday when a simmering feud among rival biker gangs boiled over at a sports bar in Waco, Texas, leading to a gun battle in the parking lot, police said.

President Barack Obama plans to put in place new restrictions on the use of military equipment by police departments, following unrest in US cities over the deaths of black men at the hands of police officers, the White House said yesterday.

A world-renowned extreme athlete died along with another man during a stunt at the Yosemite National Park in California, US media said Sunday.

The news site Vox, reports an analysis by an undercover agent who explains dynamics of biker gangs and its raising trend in the US.

A man is shot to death by unidentified miscreants at Piralipara in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari.

A moderate 5.7 earthquake struck in the already devastated Nepal Saturday afternoon which was felt in Dhaka and some parts of Bangladesh.

At least seven people, including two siblings, are killed by lightning during the nor'wester that lashed different parts of the country in last 24 hours.

Blues legend B B King, whose crisp but powerful guitar licks made him among the instrument's greatest masters and a towering influence over generations of musicians, has died at 89.

A man is killed by thunderbolts and two people are electrocuted during the downpour in Dhaka this afternoon.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a drug peddler and his wife with 4,065 Yaba tablets from Baro Mirzapur village under

President Barack Obama will seek to convince Gulf allies including Saudi Arabia yesterday that the United States is committed to their

The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would end spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone data, setting up a potential showdown with the US Senate over the program, which expires on June 1.

Five people, including a woman, died of diarrhoea at Sajek in Baghaichhari upazila in the last two days.

Unique among Bangladeshi islands for its hilly terrain, Moheshkhali in Cox's Bazar is assumed to have separated from the mainland