More than 80 mazars (shrines) and darbar sharifs (Sufi centres) were attacked by extremist groups across the country over the last six months, according to Global Sufi Organisation.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday asked Meta to take steps to tackle the spread of misinformation and fake news through Facebook in Bangladesh.

Some key July uprising student leaders, including two interim government advisers, yesterday reacted strongly to BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam’s remarks that a “neutral government” will be required ...

US President Donald Trump’s administration has directed prosecutors to investigate officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the day ...

Considering the sheer volume of Beximco’s debt, the government does not think it’s feasible to reopen the textile and garment factories that were taken out of production by the group, Labour Adviser ...

The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department arrested 176 illegal immigrants, including 71 Bangladeshi nationals, during a raid in the Jalan Alor area of Bukit Bintang on Wednesday night, reports ...

A winter drought is ravaging crops in Pakistan’s breadbasket, farmers said yesterday, with the region parched by a 40 percent drop in rainfall.

A Palestinian official said hundreds of residents of the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp were leaving their homes yesterday, days into a large-scale Israeli raid in the area.

Titas Gas, the country’s largest piped gas distributor, logged its highest system loss in the last decade in fiscal 2023-24 -- enough to meet a month’s import bill of high-priced liquified natural gas ...

The Financial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has seized assets worth Tk 250 crore belonging to Salman F Rahman, adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina ...

The Kremlin said yesterday it saw nothing new in US President Donald Trump’s calls for Russia to end its military offensive in Ukraine, and that Moscow was ready for “mutually respectful” dialogue ...

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy arm said yesterday it will provide funding to help cover the US contribution to the UN climate body’s budget, filling a gap left by President ...