BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia congratulates people on New Year Eve and calls upon all to get united to work for restoring the ‘lost democracy and voting rights’.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) fines Arambagh Krira Sangha Tk 30 lakh over the recent attack on the BFF house by the club supporters.

A total of 92.31 percent examinees pass this year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and 92.46 percent passed the Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations.

Slain blogger Rajib's father rejects the verdict of his son’s murder alleging that it was "dictated".

The Gonojagoron Mancha rejects the verdict handed for February 2013 murder of blogger Rajib Haider and called for protests.

In the first verdict of blogger killings, a Dhaka court has handed death to two, life term jail to another, five-year jail term for Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Mufti Jashim and various jail terms to five others for killing blogger Rajib Haider in February 2013.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demands the Election Commission (EC) to step down for what it termed “failure to uphold its constitutional responsibilities” during the just concluded municipality elections.

Tamim Iqbal has urged the younger members of the Bangladesh team to remain hungry for forthcoming challenges at the end of a successful year in international cricket.

The Supreme Court releases the full judgement on war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee paving way for a review against his commuted punishment.

Terming it as an "updated version" of vote rigging, BNP decides to express their dissatisfaction of the municipality polls.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announces the preliminary squad for the forthcoming international Tweny20 commitments in the year 2016 today.

The High Court directed the government to immediately stop demolition of four ancient buildings dating back to the Mughal era in Old Dhaka today.

The Election Commission cancels the municipality election of Narsingdi’s Madhabdi in view of irregularities, an official of the commission says.

AL Joint Secretary General Mahbubul Alam Hanif urges all the candidates to accept the polls results whatever it might be.

After forfeiting from mayoral race, an independent candidate in Dhamrai municipality in Dhaka today said he had no other way but quit.

Follow The Daily Star for latest updates of the Municipal Elections 2015. The Municipal elections are held every five years in the country and this year marks the first ever Municipal Partisan polls.

Australia alerts its nationals over possible security threat in Dhaka – possibly in connection with New Year celebrations.

The country’s maiden partisan local body polls end amid reports of violence, clashes, irregularities, boycott of at least 19 candidates, and death of one person. Election Commission scraps polls in one Chittagong municipality and suspends five policemen over 'negligence of duty'.

A man is killed when supporters of two councillor candidates traded gunshots in Satkania upazila of Chittagong, police say.

10 alleged members of Islamic State (IS) including a Bangladeshi are killed in coalition force’s air strikes in Syria and Iraq in last one month, according to a list prepared by the US military.