Yet another cop hacked to death at checkpoint

Assailants hacked to death a policeman and injured another in a ‘premeditated’ attack minutes before the law enforcers were setting a makeshift check post on Nabinagar-Chandra highway in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital Wednesday morning.

Russian plane crash: Was there an explosion?

The clues emerging so far about the final moments of Metrojet Flight 9268 don't paint a clear picture of what happened to the doomed passenger jet.

Presidents of Taiwan, China to hold historic meeting

The leaders of Taiwan and China plan to meet in Singapore on Saturday, according to state media in both countries.

Migrant crisis reaches new high in Europe, U.N. agency says

More migrants fled to Europe last month than in all of last year, exacerbating an already dire situation for both refugees and host countries.

Nissan IDS Concept: Japan's affordable rival to the Tesla Model S?

Autonomous cars are the latest buzz topic in the automobile industry. Nissan, which is showing off its own advances in the technology with the IDS Concept, is one of the big stars at this week's Tokyo Motor Show.

Russian official opens door to Assad's exit, says Syrian people should decide

Russian officials have been embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's most emphatic international backers.

Fakhrul sent to jail

The acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, landed in jail on Tuesday for the seventh time since May 2012.

Traders want vessel rent, port charge cut at Pangaon terminal

Businesses on Tuesday suggested a roadmap that can be prepared by the government to make the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal cost effective for the importers and exporters so that they become interested to use the port, officials of the National Board of Revenue said.

Khaleda, Tarique trying to contact int’l terrorist organisaitons: Inu

Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday alleged that Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman were trying to communicate with the Middle East-based international terrorist organisations to create instability in the country.

BASIC BANK : Bacchu appointed 1,553 people violating rules

An internal investigation of the state-owned BASIC Bank Ltd found that its former chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu had appointed at least 1,553 employees at different positions of the bank from 2011 to 2014 violating banking rules.