The global lender introduced a new condition for the next instalment of its $5.5 billion loan package

A protest march and rally were held yesterday on Dhaka University campus, demanding the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved in the gang rape of an eighth-grade Jumma student in Khagrachhari, and protesting the arrest and assault of an indigenous student leader.

Bangladesh has scaled new heights in mountaineering as Dr Babar Ali became the first Bangladeshi to summit an 8,000-metre peak without supplemental oxygen yesterday morning.

Press secretary stresses delegation significantly smaller than Hasina-era teams, necessary for key diplomacy

Urges justice for Khagrachhari minor’s rape

Suspect flees

Spokesperson says India wants regional connectivity under its ambit

Ideologies must be met with ideologies, he says; seeks Hindu-Muslim solidarity

Police say KM Mamunur Rashid was unwell when traced in 300-Feet area

Deceased was accused in multiple theft cases

Focus on Bangladesh’s reforms, democratic pledge, and Rohingya humanitarian crisis response

Dhaka expected to experience scattered rain or thundershowers

Dhaka urged Tirana to simplify visa process; Albania hints at e-visas

“And that creates a lot of tension between India and Bangladesh. Also, lots of fake news is coming from the other side. This is a very bad thing,” Yunus said at an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

BNP Standing Committee member AZM Zahid Hossain yesterday said Tarique Rahman, the party's acting chairman, will return to Bangladesh within weeks to lead BNP's election process and the "final stage of restoring democracy".

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to issue a red alert through Interpol against S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and his two brothers in a case filed over acquiring Tk 104.20 crore by corrupt means.

India has not been able to accept the change in Bangladesh because it "did not like" what the students did during the uprising last year, said Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

A six-hour blockade was enforced in Khagrachhari yesterday, in protest against the rape of a class-eight student.

A man was allegedly killed by a mob in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore early yesterday on suspicion of "stealing fish".

NCP Member Secretary Akhter Hossen has filed a case following the egg attack on him in New York, allegedly by individuals affiliated with the Awami League.