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Deposits by Bangladeshi citizens in banks in Switzerland rose by 36.55 per cent in 2014 compared with the amount in 2013, indicating that economists may be right about capital flight from the country.

Wrapping up her six-day visit to the United Kingdom, prime minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning. A VVIP flight (BG-016) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet at 10:05am,

The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 on Thursday set July 23 for hearing in the double graft cases against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia. She attended the makeshift court in the capital’s Bakhshibazar around 10:35am as per schedule in the cases of Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft.

China's foreign ministry says it will soon complete controversial land reclamation on some islands and reefs in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

The war of words between America and Russia is escalating. So, too, is the movement of implements of war -- from U.S. fighter jets to Russian nuclear weapons.

An official close to the investigation told CNN there are multiple fatalities inside the church. The source said there are several bodies in the church that have not yet been identified.

Bangladesh will remain extra motivated as they take on India today in the first match of the three-match one-day international series, said skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza on Wednesday.

Bangladesh has expressed concern over the US trade bill concerning the Trans Pacific Partnership apprehending that LDCs like Bangladesh would lose their competitive edge in the US market due to preferential treatments to the trans-pacific partners.

The countrywide 24-hour general strike called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami starting from 6:00am on Wednesday was largely ignored in the capital as traffic was almost as usual, markets were mostly open and businesses functioned almost normally.

Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, would begin in the country on Friday as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in the Bangladesh sky on Wednesday.