Indian police arrest Rohingya Muslim group stuck near Bangladesh border

Indian police on Tuesday arrested 31 Rohingya Muslims stranded on the border after they were denied entry into Bangladesh and border officials failed to agree on what to do with members of the community fleeing a crackdown in India.

Kishoreganj 1, DNCC by-polls on Feb 28

The Election Commission on Tuesday decided to hold the by-election to Kishoreganj 1 parliamentary constituency and mayor post of Dhaka North City Corporation general and reserved councillors of Dhaka north and south city corporations on February 28.

Time is running out and Theresa May's Plan B for Brexit is Plan A all over again

Less than a week after her Brexit plan was defeated in the House of Commons by a record number of votes, Theresa May needed to have something substantial to tell lawmakers when she returned to Parliament on Monday.

Russia and Japan at odds over seven-decade-old Kuril Islands dispute

On Tuesday, the leaders of Japan and Russia will hold talks on what remains one of the world's longest-running unresolved international disputes.

‘Extremist’ held at Chapainawabganj den

Members of Rapid Action Battalion in a drive arrested a suspected extremist from an extremist den at Shibnarayanpur village in Kansat union of Shibganj upazila under Chapainawabganj district.

Kamrun made women affairs ministry secretary

Principal information officer Kamrun Nahar has been made secretary to the ministry of women and children affairs.

Ex-Diplomats and scholars warn detention of Canadians will leave China 'worse off'

More than a hundred former diplomats, academics and activists have written an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the immediate release of two Canadians detained in China.

Giuliani tries to clean up comments about Trump Tower Moscow

President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said Monday that the President had no recollection of whether discussions about a proposed Trump Tower Moscow project went through the 2016 election, distancing himself from a claim he made Sunday.

Over 100 killed in Afghan military base attack

A Taliban attack in central Afghanistan on Monday killed scores of security personnel, officials said, with some estimates putting the death toll at more than 100, amid government silence about one of the most deadly insurgent attacks in months.

Music director Ahmed Imtiaz dies

Ekushey Padak winning lyricist, composer, music director and freedom fighter Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul died of cardiac arrest in the early hour on Tuesday. He was 63.