A ruling Awami League union parishad chairman candidate in Barisal's Mehendiganj upazila yesterday boycotted the election, bringing allegations against the AL rebel candidate of capturing polling stations, stuffing ballots and driving away his agents.

On the occasion of 97th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day,

Paltan police yesterday pressed charges against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 32 others in a case filed in connection with torching a vehicle in January last year.

Blasting Khaleda Zia for her "ill motive" to hold "Hasina-free" polls in future, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the BNP leader was hatching conspiracies to stage another August 21 carnage in the country.

BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman, now in London, spoke at the party council through video conference yesterday afternoon.

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman yesterday said former Bangladesh Bank governor, Atiur Rahman, who

A three-day sixth international agriculture technology fair began yesterday with a view to enrich the entrepreneurs and farmers from

Violating electoral law, a ruling Awami League lawmaker in Jhalakathi yesterday sought votes for party-nominated chairman candidates in the union parishad polls scheduled for Tuesday.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court to continue trial proceedings against Hall Mark Group

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended their congratulations to newly elected President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw, said a press release.

A man died of a heart failure allegedly after police went to arrest him at Mominkhala in South Surma of Sylhet

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for a lower court concerned to resume the trial proceedings against BNP leader Tarique Rahman and three others in a bribery case involving Tk 21 crore.

Thirty-one ruling Awami League-nominated chairman candidates are all set to be elected unopposed in the second phase of union parishad polls on March 31.

A prosecution witness yesterday testified that former Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP lawmaker Shakhawat Hossain raped

At least 100 shanties at Korail Beltala slum in the capital's Mohakhali were burnt to ashes last night.

Prof Edward T Ryan of Harvard University spoke at a seminar at the School of Life Sciences at Independent University,

Dr Kholiquzzaman, a noted economist, yesterday said economic development would go in vain if the country's culture and heritage were not preserved.

Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka has successfully conducted its first ever bone marrow transplant, first of its kind, in the private hospital in Bangladesh, said a press release of the hospital.

Miscreants vandalised eight houses and looted valuables in Tepirabari Satir Bazar of Sreepur of Gazipur on Saturday night allegedly after

Suspended mayor of Rajshahi city Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul was sent to jail yesterday after he surrendered to a court in three cases over