Law enforcers arrested two drug smugglers after a 'gunfight' with a gang of drug smugglers at Champatoli village in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat district early yesterday.

It is the BNP leaders and activists, not its chief Khaleda Zia, who celebrate her birthday on August 15 that “coincides” with National

After medieval style torture to death of two teenagers, now a madrasa boy has been allegedly beaten to death in Barguna’s Taltali upazila.

Police arrested a local Awami League (AL) leader yesterday on charge of assaulting a government officer in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat

Police yesterday recovered the body of a vegetable vendor from Char Makimpur village in Manikganj Sadar upazila.

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert W Gibson has taken up responsibility as the new dean of the diplomatic corps in Bangladesh.

The BNP yesterday demanded that the government investigate the cases of abduction, repression, and forced disappearance under UN

Nearly a month into the killing of Rajon, another 13-year-old boy has been allegedly tortured to death in Khulna.

Two activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University, who were accused of murdering Sanskrit student Taposh Sarker during a factional clash last year, appeared at their third-year final examination yesterday.

A prosecution witness yesterday told a Dhaka court that the Zia Charitable Trust graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was not filed just to harass her politically.

"Please do not celebrate false birthday on the National Mourning Day by cutting cake."

The 193 member states of the United Nations endorsed a “historic” roadmap Sunday to tackle poverty and hunger, promote well-being and safeguard the environment over the next 15 years.

Authorities are yet to ascertain the repatriation of Kamrul Islam, who along with others beat the life out of 13-year-old child Rajon last month.

Abdul Latif Siddique has described the Awami League's decision to expel him from the party for his “anti-religion remarks” as a mistake.

BNP leader Amanullah Aman was sent to jail yesterday as his bail petitions in 47 out of 55 arson cases were rejected.

A court granted one-day remand for eleven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami in a sabotage case.

Seventeen leaders and activists of Barisal city BNP, including its Acting Secretary Ziauddin Sikdar and Joint Secretary Mir Zahidul Kabir, yesterday were sent to

Terming the January 5 parliamentary election “unusual and unfair” as people could not exercise their right to vote, BNP yesterday said it

The High Court will deliver verdict on August 5 on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's two petitions challenging the legality of the trial

Low speed and slippery driving make CNG-run auto-rickshaws ideal prey for road crashes causing loss of innocent lives on the highways.