A boy was allegedly beaten to death at a hatchery in Char Sreerampur village of Douhakhola union in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh on Monday. The victim was identified as Sagor Mia, 18, son of Shipon Mia from Natokghar Lane railway colony of Mymensingh town. Quoting eye-witnesses and local people, Delwar…

Claiming that it is compelled to generate electricity from high-cost liquid fuel and purchase power from high-cost fuel-fired private sector plants, state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) yesterday sought a 14.50 per cent hike in retail power tariff, reports UNB. In its proposal placed to Bangladesh…

Some 480,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said yesterday, increasing its estimate by 45,000 in two days, reports AFP from Cox's Bazar. A report by UN agencies and international charities said the change was due largely…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned the Iraqi Kurdistan region against pushing for independence after holding a non-binding referendum,…

The US wants a diplomatic solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, as China warned there would be "no winners" in a war on the Korean peninsula, reports AFP from New Delhi. Tensions have soared after Pyongyang claimed the United States had declared…