Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said the country is heading towards the national election, and the army has ...

Myanmar and Thailand’s busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a disputed Dece ...

Amid the rising cuts in aid, development agencies have called for effective use of funds and greater transparency to ensure grassroots communities benefit the most during humanitarian crises.

Hurricane Erin’s massive footprint battered Caribbean islands with heavy gusts and downpours Monday, as it threatened rip currents and flooding along the US East Coast later this week even without a p ...

At least 27 people have died in Benin after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River, rescuers said Tuesday, updating the toll from the weekend crash that left dozens missing.

Businesses yesterday began importing rice at a duty of only 2 percent after the government lifted the tariff to stabilise the domestic market, traders and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials ...

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday expressed deep shock and outrage over the recent deaths of two young women -- Syeda ...

The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced a new international award titled the "July Memorial Prize", set to ...

The government has approved the purchase of three cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market at a total cost of Tk 1,442 crore, with the average price set at about $11 per million ...

Russia on Tuesday returned the bodies of what it said were 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, five of whom died while in captivity, a Ukrainian government agency said.

A MP from Finland’s Social Democratic Party, Eemeli Peltonen, died in Finland’s parliament building on Tuesday at the age of 30, the assembly’s communications office said.

Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response yesterday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending ...