Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest Friday, the culmination of a two-day farewell for the beloved boxing legend and civil rights hero who electrified crowds the world over.

Chile's players and fans had to compete with the music of rapper Pitbull, as it was played over the final bars of their national anthem before a Copa America match against Argentina.

The world is invited to the funeral of Muhammad Ali in his hometown on Friday where the boxing legend's life will be celebrated with a public funeral procession and memorial service.

Colombia come and spoil the party, easing to a 2-0 win over the United States in the Copa America Centenario curtain raiser in Santa Clara on Friday.

Zoo officials shoot dead a gorilla after it grabbed a four-year-old boy who fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati.

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT affairs adviser to the prime minister, denies holding meeting with Israel's Likud Party leader Mendi N Safadi in Washington DC of USA as BBC Bangla reported earlier.

US President Barack Obama briefly beatboxed before an impromptu performance by Vietnamese rapper Suboi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed alleges that the government “staged a drama” by arresting its leader Aslam Chowdhury in a bid to bury the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist issue.

It was the beginning of yet another hectic semester when my mother finally decided to go to the USA on an immigrant visa.

A Bangladeshi-origin British man who plotted an Islamic State-inspired attack on US military personnel based in England has been jailed for life and told he will spend at least 12 years behind bars.

Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month - the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945.

In the wake of the recent spate of targeted attacks on secular activists, bloggers, writers, professors and minorities, the US

David Cameron slams Donald Trump's 'divisive' ban on Muslims as calls grow to stop billionaire entering UK.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today says the government is not pleased with “bloggers who demean religion” and the people who are killing them.

US President Barack Obama rules out US ground troops for Syria and tells the BBC military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems.

Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman is to be the first woman to appear on a US banknote for more than a century.

North Korea conducted a missile test off its east coast on Friday morning, but the launch appears to have failed, say US and South Korean officials.

They had no idea about how they would get to the United States of America. They were kept in the dark about their uncertain and perilous journey. They were just asked to follow instructions, no questions asked.

Ninety year old Elena Griffing has no plans to retire anytime soon from her job at San Francisco Bay Area hospital, where she just celebrated her 70th year working.

A hunter in the US has told the BBC how he shot an 800lb (360kg) alligator that was feasting on his farm's cattle.