Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday reached a staff level agreement which, if approved by its board, will disburse $1.1 billion for the debt-ridden South Asian economy, the global lender said..The funds are the final tranche of a $3 billion last-gasp rescue package Pa
South Koreans will become at least a year younger from Wednesday as the nation adopts a new law to join the international standard of age counting
Cambodia’s main opposition party yesterday lost a bid to overturn its ban from the upcoming elections, paving the way for long-serving leader Hun Sen to run a one-horse race. Last week, the National Election Committee (NEC) refused to register the
Climate-related disruptions to the crucial Hindu Kush-Himalayan water system are posing risks to economic development and energy security in 16 Asian countries, and concerted action is needed to protect regional water flows, researchers said yesterday.
The Philippines yesterday accused China’s coast guard of “dangerous manoeuvres” and “aggressive tactics” in the South China Sea, in another maritime confrontation between the two countries at a time of simmering geopolitical tension.
A Chinese uncrewed combat aircraft has flown around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said, showcasing Beijing’s ability to attack its fall-back east coast
External pressure will not stop Taiwan engaging with the world, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday as she left for the United States, hitting a defiant note after China threatened retaliation if she met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
North Korea yesterday claimed it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a “radioactive tsunami”, as it blamed recent US-South Korea
Physically challenged people, underprivileged children and students, will be able to visit Bangladesh National Museum for free from on the following day of Eid-ul-Azha.
The foreign ministers of France and Germany arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit to show solidarity with Bangladesh, which is heavily threatened by climate change.
Labib Tazwar Rahman, a 17 year old A-Levels student from Bangladesh got the opportunity to live the dream - working for the CERN for a whole week.
A young man was beaten to death yesterday at Tokna village in Shibganj upazila of the district over extramarital affair.
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide at Serali Madonpur village in Monirampur upazila of Jessore district early yesterday. The dead is
A Narayanganj court sentences two people to death and seven years’ imprisonment to another in a murder case filed over the killing of a mother and her son in 2011.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two people at Satmatha in the district town early yesterday on charge of demanding
A Sirajganj court on Monday sentenced 14 people to life imprisonment for killing a man in Ullapara upazila of the district in 2012.
Good yield as well as good prices of jute makes growers in six western districts happy this year.
Detectives detain six persons over producing fake currency and seize counterfeit notes around Tk 1.20 crore from their possession in Dhaka's Mirpur.
