Britain rejects Russia’s account of the incident saying that no bombs have been dropped

It has offered to guard and run Hamid Karzai airport after NATO’s withdrawal and has been holding talks with the United States

Rights activists have accused Moscow of legitimising the junta, which seized power in a Feb 1 coup, by continuing bilateral visits and arms deals

More than 40 countries urged China to allow the UN human rights chief immediate access to Xinjiang to look into reports that more than a million people have been unlawfully detained there

Another half a million are already experiencing famine-like conditions, according to the World Food Programme

The United Nations’ envoy for Afghanistan says the Taliban have taken more than 50 of 370 districts and are positioned to take control of provincial capitals

Spain’s government pardoned all nine separatist leaders jailed for their role in Catalonia’s failed independence bid in 2017.

Taliban insurgents have taken more than 50 of 370 districts in the country since May and that increased conflict for many other countries, Deborah Lyons says

Philippine authorities had fully vaccinated 2.1 million people, making slow progress towards the government’s target

Cui, the country’s longest-serving ambassador to Washington, will be leaving his post after eight years amid strained relations between the world’s two largest economies

U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee apparently hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States, his lawyer told Reuters.

A total of 94 people were fined and 13 were imprisoned in the second day of weeklong lockdown in Khulna for defying the health guidelines.

Three days after testing positive for Covid-19, Abul Kashem Sheikh started having severe breathing difficulties on June 18.

Taking a swipe at those criticising the government over its Covid vaccine management, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged them to have patience and see what the government can do to ensure vaccines for all.

As Dhaka’s bordering districts clamp down on people and businesses to protect the capital city, an age-old question arises: lives or livelihoods?

The long wait of the char people for electricity in Gaibandha’s four upazilas has just prolonged as many electric poles set up by the district palli bidyut samity (rural electrification board) have been engulfed by furious Brahmaputra. The river erosion has taken a serious turn in the […]

A parliamentary body’s recommendation to find substitutes for female UNOs at freedom fighters’ guard of honour is unacceptable and it is contradictory to the constitution, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said.

Two employees of Kushtia Sub-Registrar’s Office demanded a bribe of Tk 30,000 from Deputy Attorney General (DAG) BM Abdur Rafel for preparing deeds of his family land.

A 17-year-old girl in India hanged herself after a friend posted intimate photographs of her on social media to take revenge.

In your long illustrious career, you’ve written extensively on many issues, but I find your enduring interest in poverty, rights and justice fascinating. Has there been any personal motivation for pursuing what has been your lifelong crusade against the forces feeding off people’s […]