Protests erupted in the Dhaka University (DU) over the rape of a student, with the participants raising concerns over womens safety in the Bangladeshi capital and also across the country, it was reported on Tuesday.

The rape took place on Sunday night near the Kurmitola General Hospital, just a few metres away the Airport Road, on

A mild cold wave will continue over various districts in the northern and central regions of Bangladesh following two days of rain, weather officials said on Tuesday.

The country's lowest temperature was recorded at 6 degrees Celsius in Tetulia on Tuesday morning. Dhaka recorded 11.6 degrees Celsius at the time, reports bdnews

The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has claimed that two Rohingya men were killed in a gunfight with suspected drug smugglers along the borders with Myanmar, it was reported.

One border guard was also injured in the "gun battle" in East Farirbeel area on Monday afternoon, bdnews24 reported citing a BGB commander as saying

Pakistan Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has admitted that he had slapped a TV anchor at a wedding for linking him with TikTok sensation Hareem Shah.

Defending his move, the Minister while speaking to a private TV channel on Sunday night said he was a human first before anything else, The Express Tribune reporte

One Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was killed on Tuesday in an encounter with security forces in Awantipora of South Kashmir after a 40-day gap since the last encounter, police said.

The slain militant Zahid Hassan Gadhanji of Anantnag had joined the terror ranks only a few days ago and refused to surrender as the Jammu and Kashmir P

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani for children's deaths at Rajkot and also at the media for the alleged inadequate coverage of it.

Surjewala tweeted: "First 1235 innocent children died in Rajkot, 375 children died in Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad. Fourteen more innocent deat

Even as the Kerala Left government is showcasing the state as a leading destination for investment, the ongoing CITU-led protests against Muthoot Finance, a leading non-banking financial company (NBFC) on Tuesday turned violent, when its Managing Director's vehicle, was stoned.

Top CITU leader A. Anandan, however, defended the

"Words. Sounds. Images: A History of Indian Media & Entertainment" by Amit Khanna is a tour de force that is encyclopaedic in the vastness of its canvas.

It is now a required volume on the bookshelves of scholars, researchers and aficionados of Indian cinema.

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The Mumbai Police on Tuesday cleared thousands of protestors and activists -- who gathered to condemn the attacks in the JNU campus late on Sunday -- from the iconic Gateway of India, and shunted them to Azad Maidan, a top official said here.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Sangram Singh Nishandar led a police team to the G

In a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that New Delhi will continue to work with Washington for enhancing cooperation in all areas of mutual interest.

Though a Ministry of External Affairs Ministry statement said that the Monday call was made to convey New Year greetings, it