Human rights activist Sultana Kamal today observed that people are afraid to talk.

The annual ICC rankings update sees Bangladesh's Test team close the gap with eighth-placed West Indies from 29 points to just eight points.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) sends two of its officials on forced leave after a written complaint from Khulna University (KU) vice-chancellor stating that they demanded a bribe of Tk 10 lakh from him, says a press release.

Three members of a family are injured in a bomb attack carried out by the suspected robbers in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.

Five people, including two women, are killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar this morning.

The overall inflation rate has dropped by 0.04 percentage point to 5.61 percent in April.

Members of the so-called Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB), formed in Singapore in March, have identified several possible targets in Bangladesh, which include lawmakers, ministers, and media personnel, a kill-list released by the country’s home ministry shows.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves the much-talked about Tk 34,988 crore project of Padma Bridge rail link from Dhaka to Jessore.

Trial of one out of 37 cases filed in connection with militant attacks in the country since 2013 has been completed so far, the inspector general of police says.

A man is killed and six others are injured as a bus hit two private cars at Gabtoli in Dhaka.

A special tribunal in Dhaka hands death penalty to four Razakars of Kishoreganj convicted of committing war crimes in 1971. One has been handed jail until death.

Law enforcers recover the body of a businessman from his rented house at Chawkbazar in Dhaka.

SC will deliver its verdict on May 5 on war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami’s petition seeking review of his death penalty.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) wants to reduce fare by 3 paisa per kilometre for long-haul buses following the recent fuel

The cabinet yesterday set 9:00am to 3:30pm as office timings for the month of Ramadan.

Dhaka will ask Kuwait to help set up an oil refinery, further liberalise its recruitment policy for Bangladeshis and import

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the “Railway Property (Unlawful Possession Reclamation) Act-2016” with a

The government has rejected yet another shipment of 50,000 tonnes of wheat imported from Russia on the grounds of poor quality.

The fire service yesterday started a probe into the Karwan Bazar fire that gutted 186 shops on May Day.

Jahangir Sarker could have been just another unemployed postgraduate the country has so many of. But the zeal within the