Two passenger trains derailed after flash floods struck a bridge they were crossing in central India, killing at least 27 people in the latest deadly…

District magistrate (DM)-level talks between Bangladesh and India will be held at the zero point of Chengrabandha on August 10 to decide whether the names of 51 people, living in former Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh territory, would be included in the latest headcount list, according to sources…

Bangladesh and China are currently enjoying the best of  relationships and that can be strengthened even further, Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Ma…

Pakistani cricket legend Wasim Akram said yesterday he was lucky to escape unscathed when a gunman opened fire at his car after a traffic collision, reports AFP from Karachi. Akram, one of the best left-arm fast bowlers ever to play the game, was on his way to coach at a training camp at the city's…

Yet in another shocking incident, police recovered the body of another minor boy who was allegedly tortured to death at Amkhola village in Taltoli upazila of the district on Tuesday evening, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Awal, 10, a madrasah student and son of Dulal Mridha of Shonakata.…

A schoolgirl was allegedly raped by a neighbour at her home in the capital’s Nayanagar area on Monday, police said yesterday. The incident was disclosed when police sent the victim to the One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) of  Dhaka Medical College Hospital for a medical test after her family lodged…

Nazmul Hasan, 12, a class seven student, was mercilessly beaten by a teacher and had to be hospitalised for treatment of injuries. The incident took place yesterday during the school hours at the Union Polli Unnayan Institute under Uzirpur upazila of the district. The police visited the school and the…

Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has formed a three-member probe body to investigate the brutal killing of 12-year-old boy Rakib at Tutpara Central Road in the city on Monday, reports UNB. The probe body was formed yesterday with Additional Police Commissioner Mahbubul Hakim as its chief. The other…

Debris found on an Indian Ocean island a week ago is from flight MH370, Malaysia's prime minister announced yesterday, confirming for the first time that the plane which mysteriously disappeared 17 months ago had crashed, reports AFP. "Today, 515 days since the plane disappeared, it is with…