'Serious plans for explosions' cancel Netherlands-Germany soccer match

"Serious plans for explosions" forced the evacuation of a stadium in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday night before a Netherlands-Germany friendly soccer match, the police chief for Germany's Lower Saxony region told Germany's public broadcaster NDR.

Paris attacks investigation: Latest developments

A Renault with Belgian plates, syringes in a hotel room and a cell phone containing a chilling message were among the focuses Tuesday in the sweeping multinational investigation into last week's terror attacks in Paris that killed 129 people.

Trump homes in on national security days after Paris attacks

Donald Trump on Monday focused on national security in a speech to a raucous crowd of nearly 10,000 people, days after the terrorist attacks in Paris sent shockwaves around the world and rippled through the 2016 presidential race.

Japanese gang boss found beaten to death

A man described by police as a boss in Japan's organized crime network, the yakuza, was found dead on Sunday night, bleeding from the head after being bludgeoned multiple times, a police official told CNN.

Russia says bomb brought down jet in Sinai, offers $50 million reward

The Russian passenger jet that crashed over Sinai, Egypt, was brought down by a bomb estimated to contain 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of explosives, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service said Tuesday, and the Russian government is offering a $50 million reward for information about those who brought it down.

TRANSSHIPMENT FEE : Delhi to pay Tk 192 per tonne

Dhaka and Delhi on Tuesday agreed to fix Tk 192.22 as transshipment fee for a metric tonne of Indian goods to be passed through the Ashuganj river port to and from north-eastern part of India.

SC order on Mojaheed’s review petition today

The Appellate Division said Tuesday that today it would give the order on the review petition of war crime death-row inmate Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed against his sentence. Earlier, the apex court upheld his death sentence.

Tarana asks BTRC to ink deal with Facebook

State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim on Tuesday asked the telecom regulator to speed up the process to strike an agreement with Facebook in a bid to tackle national security issues and prevent violence against women.

Bangladesh still needs to do a lot for financial inclusion: Máxima

Appreciating Bangladesh’s progress in terms of financial inclusion, Dutch Queen Máxima on Tuesday said the country still needed to do a lot to ‘accelerate’ financial inclusion bringing unbanked poor people under financial services.

Bhashani remembered as pioneer of independence

Political parties from both ruling and opposition camps paid tribute to the memory of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani marking his 39th death anniversary on Tuesday. At a discussion, some of them alleged that a quarter was trying to remove the name of Bhashani from history.