Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Almost one in two girls in Bangladesh is married before turning 18, UNICEF has said. The United Nations agency said on Tuesday that this puts girls' education, health and futures at... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Police have recovered the hanging body of a Pakistani national, identified as 26-year-old Mohammad Shahbaz, from a house in Dhaka's Khilgaon. He was found at a rented flat on the gr... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Four volunteers have completed 365 days in isolation inside a simulated Mars habitat in Houston, as NASA studies how humans can survive and work during long-duration missions far fro... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The message came swiftly: three days after appearing in a video carrying a firearm during an anti-drug drive, Ishraque Hossain resigned as state minister. Eighteen days earlier, law... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Singer Amaal Mallik, Mika Singh and actor-politician Ravi Kishan have voiced concern over a shooting targeting Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff's car in Mumbai and called for action agai... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- US President Donald Trump has blamed immigration for the protests and street violence gripping France, warning that Paris would "be a Muslim city very soon" and urging French Preside... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has allowed 12 subsidiaries of nine non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to continue operating, with eight given deadlines... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- 14 people were killed and 7 others injured following the collapse of an illegal gold mine in southwestern Colombia, local authorities said on Monday. The accident occurred in the ru... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- The forced resignation of State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Ishraque Hossain has delivered another jolt to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's government, barely eight months int... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- ACI Marine and Riverine Technologies Limited and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine System Asia (MHIESA) have brought together representatives from Bangladesh's maritime sector to di... Read More