A movie about the power of prayer, made by Christian film-makers with an all-Christian cast, has gone to the top of the North American box office chart.

US Secretary of State John Kerry expresses concern to Moscow over reports of Russian military build-up in Syria, the state department says.

Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden criticised Russia, the country that has granted him asylum.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise will return to his look of a homicide investigator with the release of "Jack Reacher 2" on October 21, 2016.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleges that government is not getting cooperation from US, Canada and Pakistan governments to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers, now living in those countries.

2015 is on course to be the biggest grossing year in movie history in the United States and worldwide.

The Afghan Taliban have confirmed covering up their former leader Mullah Omar's death for more than two years.

Researchers discover an ice sheet on Mars that looks bigger than Texas and California cities of US.

Swans beat their wings five times per second, and yet their heads stay remarkably still. How is this possible?

Two men have been arrested at the Pokemon World Championships venue in Boston, US, following a tip-off by the event's security staff.

Three American men are being hailed as heroes for overpowering a heavily-armed gunman on a train in northern France.

A deputy leader of Islamic State (IS), Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, has been killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says.

Canadian space company, Thoth Technology, has been granted the US patent for a 20-kilometre-high space elevator.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton has hit back at one of her Republican rivals, Jeb Bush, over who is responsible for instability in Iraq.

A court in India has lifted a government ban on Nestle's popular Maggi noodles, but ordered fresh tests before the product can go back on sale.

Transparent solar is based on a fact about light that is taught in elementary school, sun transmits energy in the form of invisible ultraviolet and infrared light, as well as visible light.

Bangladesh made unprecedented progress in labour and safety standards over the last two years, which had raised hopes for the country of regaining trade benefits from the United States.

US congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney supports Bangladesh's persistent call for restoration of trade benefits for exports to the US market.

The United States has strongly condemned the killing of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy and expressed the hope to work with Bangladesh to protect space for freedom of expression.

The Obama Administration, which defied the hawkish opposition at home and abroad and signed the historic Nuclear Deal with Iran, seems to have condoned President Erdogan's military operation in Iraq.