Another suspect yesterday confessed to a magistrate that he along with two others were directly involved in the killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella on September 28.

BNP yesterday urged the government to convene a meeting of all political parties to stop recurrence of such killings like Faisal Arefin Dipan.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused the BNP-Jamaat alliance of carrying out secret killings in the country.

At least 10 leaders and activists sustained minor injuries in a factional clash at a meeting of the ruling Awami League at Talbag in Savar

A mobile court in Barisal sentenced a Chhatra League leader to one month's imprisonment for providing BCL activists with answers to

A Dhaka court yesterday recorded statement of one more prosecution witness in Zia Charitable Trust graft case in absence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge Court-3 recorded statement of Mesbahul Haque, a former official of Sonali Bank's Prime Minister Office

BNP vice-chairman and former diplomat Shamsher M Chowdhury has resigned from the party citing health reasons. But party sources said he was “disappointed and upset” with the party high-ups, particularly with Tarique Rahman for his “undue” interference in party decisions in recent months.

Depicting their living and livelihood related vulnerabilities, speakers in a consultation meeting in Rajshahi city yesterday observed that there should be adequate measures and interventions for rehabilitation of the physically challenged people to free them from their plights.

Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) in Barisal remained closed for around three hours yesterday following scuffles

Police yesterday arrested at least 15 Jamaat-Shibir men and recovered 19 crude bombs from different spots in the capital allegedly for attempting to commit subversive activities through flash procession.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.

In around 13 hours, he changed his statement. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal early yesterday told the media that Dhaka city BNP leader and former ward commissioner MA Quayum is the “Boro Bhai” who was behind the September 28 murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella. But later around 1:30pm, he denied making such comment and claimed some media outlets had misquoted him. This time he said Quayum is “one of the top suspects”.

Two Kishoreganj courts yesterday sent 96 BNP leaders and activists of the district to jail on surrender in 11 different cases filed for creating anarchy after last year's general polls.

Noting that the recent bomb attack on a Tajia procession was aimed at tarnishing Bangladesh's image, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asserts that the Bangladesh's progress cannot be stopped with such bombings.

A Dhaka court frames charges against BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.

Police detain three persons during a clash with activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir at Jatrabari in Dhaka.

Dhaka city BNP leader MA Quayum is the “Boro Bhai” who was behind the September 28 murder of Cesare Tavella, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told The Daily Star last night.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday called upon the diplomats of different countries working in Bangladesh “not to overreact” to matters related to the recent killing of two foreign nationals.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday criticised four foreign ambassadors for expressing anxiety over the country's law and order.

Law enforcers' latest hunt for "a so-called big brother," who was allegedly behind the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella, has sparked a fresh panic among leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.