Roger Federer was in tears as he won a thrilling, five-set Australian Open final against his great rival Rafael Nadal to clinch a record-extending 18th…

Navy personnel of the warship Ali Haider, deployed in Beirut, Lebanon, want a 'Navy attaché' at the Bangladesh embassy there to enable greater activities in the Gulf states—especially in Lebanon and Syria. Two warships are berthed in southern Lebanon as part of the United Nations…

The Indian government has further eased its visa regime for Bangladeshi travellers by allowing tourists to apply directly at eight visa centres without prior appointment. This will be come into effect from Wednesday, according to a press release issued by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka yesterday.…

A prominent Muslim lawyer and member of Myanmar’s ruling party was shot dead along with a taxi driver outside Yangon’s international airport yesterday, officials said, reports AFP from Yangon. Ko Ni, a legal advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, was…

Fierce battles between Yemeni government forces and Shiite rebels on the country’s west coast have killed more than 100 fighters in the past 24 hours, officials said yesterday, reports AFP from Aden. The bodies of at least 90 Huthi rebels were taken to a hospital in the Red Sea city of Hodeida,…

As many as 20 pirates of Jahangir Bahini, including the gang leaders, surrendered to home minister Asaduzaman Khan at the RAB-8 complex in Barisal yesterday. The pirates also surrendered 31 firearms and 1,500 bullets. Addressing the surrender programme, the home minister said, “Piracy will be…