BNP will continue the anti-government movement to restore democracy in the country, party's standing committee member Moudud

Less than a month into being elected mayor, Awami League leader AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday reversed his position and changed his top priority and main electoral pledge, which was to end the crippling waterlogging of Chittagong city.

“For its own sake, the BNP should dissolve its central committee and remove Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman from the party leadership.”

A Dhaka court has allowed police to interrogate BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at jail gate by May 23 in connection with three arson cases.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court orders granting BNP Human Rights Affairs Secretary Nasir Uddin Ashim bail in two vandalism and arson cases filed with Dhanmondi police on January 17 and February 3.

The body of a youth was found in a ditch in Bhandaria upazila of the district yesterday, three days after abduction.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld High Court orders which granted bail to BNP leader Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury in two criminal cases, clearing the way for his release from jail.

BNP leaders Abdus Salam Azad and Taiful Islam Tipu were made the party's assistant organising secretary and assistant office secretary respectively, said a press release yesterday.

"In the country, there is a section of civil society members who criticise the government whenever they get a chance. They are agents of

Detectives press charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others for the January 23 arson attack at Jatrabari that left one killed and 31 burnt.

Ruling Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Mohammad Nasim yesterday categorically said they believed in democracy, but not

A schoolgirl was killed after rape at Char Talpatti-Narashing village in Gangachara upazila on Thursday.

The newly elected mayor of Chittagong city corporation (CCC) met Hefajat-e-Islam Ameer Shah Ahmed Shafi at Hathazari Madrasha yesterday afternoon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Chapainawabganj today.

Indian police would send arrested BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed back to Bangladesh if court orders, a top police official in Meghalaya told The Daily Star yesterday.

Protesting arrest of its leader on charges of extortion and thuggery, Awami League men yesterday blocked Chittagong-Cox's Bazar

Protesting arrest of its leader on charges of extortion and thuggery, Awami League men yesterday blocked Chittagong-Cox's Bazar

Two leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra Union and a cultural activist were injured when Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly

A tribunal in Dhaka orderes the government to form a committee in 15 days to monitor the arrest of the convicted and accused in war crimes cases.

The killing of secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das is part of an alarming trend of violent intolerance toward freedom of religion and speech in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch says.