A high-speed rail line to the east, a deep-sea port to the west, and a makeover for commercial heart Yangon -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar today laden with investment pledges worth billions which could reshape the country. Here are five of the main projects -- and some of the issues…

The second phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, begins on the banks of the Turag River at Tongi today. …

Iran accused European governments yesterday of sacrificing a troubled 2015 nuclear deal to avoid trade reprisals from US President Donald Trump who has spent nearly two years trying to scupper it. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Trump was again behaving like a "high school bully"…

Articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress will be formally read to the Senate yesterday,…

Cold-related diseases claimed 57 lives since November, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room. Among them, 22 people died due to acute respiratory infection (ARI) while diarrhoea claimed five lives. Thirty others died of diseases including jaundice, inflammation…

No new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until 8am yesterday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. In its regular update, the DGHS noted that currently 29 patients were being treated for dengue - 26 of them in Dhaka. Bangladesh was hit by a massive outbreak of the mosquito-borne…

A Delhi court yesterday put a stay on the hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape-murder case over a mercy petition filed by one of the convicts. The Tis Hazari court judge said on Thursday, "I am not reviewing my order to pass a death warrant. There will be a stay on the execution of…