N. Korean families plead for return of restaurant workers who defected

In April, news of a spectacular defection rippled through the media. Most of the serving staff of a North Korean restaurant in Ningbo, China, had defected en masse.

Queen says Chinese officials were 'very rude' during Xi Jinping's UK trip

So much for the "golden era" of UK-China relations.The Queen has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were "very rude" during President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the United Kingdom last year.

Donald Trump: I'll release tax returns after audit

Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to release his taxes when an IRS audit is completed, despite telling the Associated Press the previous day that he would not release his tax documents.

Brazil impeachment: President Dilma Rousseff's fate in Senate hands

Dilma Rousseff could be hours away from being forced out of office -- at least temporarily.

Debris found in March 'almost certainly' from MH370

Two pieces of debris found on beaches in South Africa and Mauritius on March 22 and 30, respectively, are "almost certainly" from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, a report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found.

PM reaffirms Bangladesh’s support to Palestine

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reaffirmed Bangladesh’s support to the people of the brotherly country of Palestine.

SSC results: Rural students left behind again

Less than 50 per cent students from rural schools passed the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations for the third consecutive year ending 2016.

Nizami buried

The executed Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was buried at Santhia in Pabna on Wednesday morning while Jamaat and Shibir activists held ghayebana janaza for Nizami at places including Dhaka amidst some incidents of clashes in Chittagong and Rajshahi.

Quarrel over cricket claims GPA 5 holder’s life

A schoolboy was killed in a quarrel over playing cricket in the capital’s Mirpur on Wednesday, hours before his result of GPA 5 in this year’s secondary school certificate examinations was out. The victim was identified as Babul Shikder, 17, son of Mostafa Shikder and resident of Barabagh area of Mirpur.

PM sees no justification of failure in public exams

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said she sees no justification of failure in the examination as the government is providing huge opportunities for them for studies.