Professor Md Ahsan Habib of chemistry department at Dhaka University has been appointed as an expert environmental chemist to the 21-member Independent Scientific Panel on Effects of Nuclear War of the United Nations...
Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,100 people...
Three people died and more than 500 others were rescued after a ferry caught fire off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, emergency officials said Monday...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid in the territory鈥檚 north on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding dozens more...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli fire killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres, in the latest deaths of Palestinians seeking food...
Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria鈥檚 Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to 鈥榮laughter鈥� residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted...
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country鈥檚 mineral-rich but conflict-torn east...
At least 30 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at the Hawkers鈥� Market in Chashara area of Narayanganj early Friday.
A fire broke out on the top floor of the 21-storey Sena Kalyan Bhaban in the capital鈥檚 commercial area, Motijheel, on Thursday night.
Gaza ceasefire talks remain in their 鈥榝irst phase鈥櫬燼fter more than a week of talks, even as mediators step up efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas, Qatar said Tuesday.
First Security Islami Bank PLC on Tuesday dismissed its managing director, Syed Waseque Md Ali, over loan irregularities...
Stuttering Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas entered a second week on Monday, with US president Donald Trump still hopeful of a breakthrough and as more than 20 people were killed on the ground.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including at a market and a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled...
Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel鈥檚 proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on Saturday...
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology held training and drilling titled 鈥榃hat to do during firefighting and earthquakes鈥� at the RUET on Saturday...
Israel鈥檚 bid to crush Hamas鈥檚 capabilities and bring the hostages home dominated talks between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, the Israeli prime minister said, even as the Palestinian militants vowed no surrender in Gaza...
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister has held talks with Saudi Arabia鈥檚 de facto leader, the Saudi foreign ministry said, two weeks after a ceasefire between regional rivals Iran and Israel began...
Qatar said Tuesday more time was needed for negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after US president Donald Trump voiced optimism about a possible breakthrough...
At least four people were killed and 27 injured in a fire at a major telecomms centre in Egypt鈥檚 capital that caused widespread disruptions, the health ministry said on Tuesday...
Spanish firefighters on Tuesday were battling a forest fire stoked by fierce winds that has burned more than 2,300 hectares, with authorities urging thousands of residents to stay home.
In the ongoing countrywide anti-crime crackdown, 2,955 more crime suspects were apprehended and five firearms and huge ammunition were seized in the past 48 hours...
THE ceasefire between Iran and Israel 鈥� declared hastily and with much fanfare by the US president Donald Trump 鈥� is already beginning to look less like a diplomatic victory and more like a strategic illusion. What was sold as a decisive end to hostilities may turn out to be a temporary lull before the next eruption. And the consequences of that miscalculation may be far...
A blaze that tore through an apartment block in Vietnam鈥檚 southern business hub of Ho Chi Minh City killed eight people, including two children, local authorities said Monday...
Sixteen shops were gutted in a fire broke out at a kitchen market in Konabari area of Gazipur on early Monday...
A 21-year-old man was killed after sustaining burns in Sylhet鈥檚 Biswanath Upazila....
Nineteen shops were gutted in a devastating fire near the Srinagar sub-registrar鈥檚 office in Munshiganj early Sunday...
Israel was mulling its response on Saturday after Hamas said it was ready to start talks 鈥榠mmediately鈥� on a US-sponsored proposal for a Gaza ceasefire.
A forestry worker injured in a wildfire in the western Turkish province of Izmir died of his injuries, raising the toll to three, a minister said Saturday, as the blaze at Odemis was brought under control.
Hamas said Friday it was holding consultations with other Palestinian movements on a truce proposal in the war with Israel, in a possible sign that it was preparing for negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza.
More than 50 shops, including 10 jewelry outlets, were gutted in a devastating fire at Muripatti of Madhabdi Bazar in Narsingdi district Friday morning.