Brexit: Do you #Regrexit? UK voters voice doubt over referendum choice

From Brexit to #Regrexit -- an online petition demanding a second referendum on Britain's decision to leave the EU has passed 2 million signatures.

Why Brexit is the biggest step backward since World War II

The numbing news that Britain has voted to leave the European Union is the worst step backward for Europe -- and for Western civilization -- since the end of World War II.

Pope, in Armenia, decries 'genocide'

Pope Francis, visiting the nation of Armenia this weekend, again described the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces during World War I as a genocide and prayed that such a tragedy never happen again.

Gunmen storm hotel in Mogadishu; 15 killed, police say

Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday after detonating a car filled with explosives at the hotel gate -- an attack that has left at least 15 people dead and 25 others injured, police said.

PM optimistic about launching electric train

Expressing her high hope of launching high-speed electric trains and underground trains in the country, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said a feasibility study is going on for underground trains.

Security beefed up at 68 jails fearing ‘sabotage’

Jail authorities have enforced a ‘security alert’ on the country’s 68 jails on warning from intelligence agencies of further criminal attacks after the murder of an alleged criminal in front of Jessore jail gate last week.

Arms in city: Now IED, radio-transceivers recovered

Dhaka Metropolitan Police said they seized on Saturday three bags stashed with five walky-talkies, two repeaters, some explosive gel and chips in the canal at Uttara from where police last week had seized a cache of arms.

‘Pay RMG workers by 20th Ramadan or face tough movement’

The leaders of labour rights bodies on Friday again asked garment owners to pay salary and festival allowances to workers by 20th Ramadan and threatened a tougher movement if the workers are not paid in time.

SP Babul Akter goes home after interrogation

Superintendent of police Babul Akter reached home after a police interrogation about the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in Chittagong on June 5.

'Brexit' vote: Britain divided on eve of EU referendum

British politicians are making their crucial final pitches to a bitterly divided electorate Wednesday to persuade undecided voters of the merits of remaining in or leaving the European Union.