UN experts on Thursday expressed deep concern that the impending deadline in the Indian state of Assam to inalise a process to determine citizenship could see the world’s total stateless population explode overnight by more than 4 million. The independent experts said that the draft National Register…

Saudi Arabia has admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared after visiting the country’s consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, is dead.…

Former First Lady Michelle Obama was voted the most-admired woman of 2018, beating former First Lady Hillary Clinton, who has held the title for the last 17 years. According to Gallup’s Most Admired List, the former First Lady won by a hefty margin with 15% of the votes, followed by media mogul…

A former prominent newspaper editor who is now a junior foreign minister is the latest to be named in what is being called India's #MeToo movement, reports BBC. MJ Akbar is accused of predatory behaviour, including inviting young women to hotel rooms for "meetings". Neither Mr Akbar nor…

It was early January when Asifa Bano followed a man into the forest while grazing ponies. Days later, her dead body was found. According to the police documents filed in court, 8-year-old Asifa was kidnapped and locked up in a temple shed in Kathua in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.  Police…

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed their historic summit in Singapore yesterday as a breakthrough in relations between…

The final five members of a young football team were rescued from a flooded Thai cave on Tuesday after spending 18 harrowing days trapped deep inside,…

Ninety-two-year-old Mahathir Mohamad was Thursday sworn in as the world’s oldest elected leader after a stunning election win that swept Malaysia’s establishment from power after more than six decades, reports AFP from Kuala Lumpur. In a huge political upset, former strongman Mahathir’s…

A Malian migrant hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris is to be made a French citizen.…

Three Nobel Peace Prize winners yesterday urged fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out about violence against the Rohingya minority, warning she otherwise risks prosecution for "genocide", report agencies from Cox's Bazar. The trio -- Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire…

Pakistan’s World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan was formally elected prime minister of Pakistan yesterday, promising a new era of responsibility and…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for mobilizing a new global alliance to promote women rights and empowerment as she was conferred with Global Women's…

After the first attempt to launch was officially scrubbed early Friday following an auto abort, the Bangabandhu-1 geostationary satellite was blasted…

Awami League-led Grand Alliance is heading towards a landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary elections held on December 30 by and large peacefully barring some stray violence that left 14 people killed and over 60 injured. According to latest results (until 10:15pm), AL-led Grand Alliance candidates…

BNP, Jatiya Oikya Prokriya and Jukta Front formed a new opposition alliance named 'Jatiya Oikyafront' ahead of the 11th national election to press home seven demands and meet 11 targets. Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna made the announcement at a press conference held at the Jatiya…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday took oath as the head of state for the second consecutive term at a ceremony at Bangabhaban, reports BSS. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered his oath of office in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, among other dignitaries, at the…

The joint visit of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to Cox’s Bazar to see the situation of hundreds of thousands of persecuted Rohingyas has generated certain degree of enthusiasm among many of the officials of the government and international…

Bangladesh Army finds its first female major general in Dr Susane Giti. With the promotion of Brigadier General Dr. Susane Giti to the rank of Major General, Bangladesh Armed Forces got for the first time in its history a female army officer in this higher rank. Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed…

President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang arrived in the capital on a three-day state visit yesterday amid a rousing reception, reports UNB. The Vietnamese President arrived here at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Abdul Hamid with both the countries looking for a broader trade and investment…