Cyclone Fani marks the latest entry in a short but quite devastating list of cyclonic storms that have hit the coasts of South Asia in the month of May in the last one and a half decades. Cyclones Aila, Nargis and Roanu hit the region on May 27, 2009, May 2, 2008 and May 19, 2016, respectively. Aila…

Ten Bangladeshis were killed and seven others injured in a road accident yesterday morning in Saudia Arabia while seven people were killed and 19 injured in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Rajshahi and Jashore on Wednesday and yesterday. In Saudi Arabia road accident, the identities of the victims…

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday urged the judges of the High Court Division to work sincerely and with honesty  to reduce the backlog of cases. The situation in the courts has become critical due to the huge number of pending cases. The Chief Justice also urged the judges not to issue…

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church has cancelled plans to resume Sunday services following a "specific threat" of fresh bomb attacks against at least two places of worship, a spokesman said. The archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, had wanted to resume regular mass from May 5, but…

The United Nations on Wednesday added Masood Azhar, the leader of a Pakistan-based Islamist group, to its list of global terrorists after China lifted its objections to the move. The UN sanctions committee on the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda announced in a press release the designation of Azhar, leader…

A 500-year-old sketch of a bearded man was yesterday revealed to be one of only two surviving portraits of Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci made during…

Police are looking for a 40-year-old man who is suspected of raping an eight-grader in Sreebardi upazila on Wednesday. The victim was alone at her house in Shankar Ghosh village around noon when Ujjal Mia, the suspect, went to her house. He raped the girl finding her alone, police said quoting her relatives.…

May Day clashes between opposition supporters and Venezuela's armed forces in Caracas left a woman dead and 46 people injured on Wednesday, with opposition leader Juan Guaido attempting to rally demonstrators against President Nicolas Maduro. Jurubith Rausseo, 27, died at a clinic after being hit…