Flood-control embankment, constructed spending Tk. 109 crore, to protect the bank of the river Jamuna in Sirajganj, has collapsed allegedly due to use of poor construction material. This is the tenth such collapse of the embankment, it was alleged. The collapse of the 30-metre embankment in this dry…

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday warned his Southeast Asian neighbours that the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar could become a serious security threat for the region, reports AFP from Sydney. Hundreds of thousands of the Muslim-minority Rohingya have fled Myanmar's troubled Rakhine…

China's rubber-stamp legislature yesterday unanimously approved the reappointment of Xi Jinping as president with no limit on the number of terms…

A small passenger plane carrying five people crashed into a house shortly after takeoff north of Manila yesterday, killing all those onboard and five…

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday said Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has exposed the government's 'blueprint' for the next polls through his comment that their party's victory is just a formality, reports UNB. "The government has made a blueprint for holding…

Russia said yesterday it would expel 23 British diplomats and close a British consulate following London's "provocative" measures over the poisoning of a double agent that has triggered an escalating war of words, reports AFP from Mosco. And it also said it would halt the activities of…