Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran says there has been progress over the long-pending Teesta issue behind the scene quietly and confidently.

Former Miss Universe and Bollywood star Sushmita Sen walked the ramp to an awestruck audience last night at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka.

The trial run of passenger transport for regional connectivity between Bangladesh, India, Bhutan and Nepal is scheduled to be held from November 14 to December 1 this year.

Detectives arrest seven people in Dhaka in connection with the Public Service Commission (PSC) exam questions leak scam.

The High Court directs former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain to surrender before a lower court in 50 days in connection with Barapukuria coal mine case.

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to Destiny 2000 President Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid in two money laundering cases.

Andrew Fekete and Cameron Bancroft are the two uncapped members of the 15-man Test squad announced for Bangladesh tour in October.

Thousands of tea garden workers in Sylhet division observed a four-hour work abstention today, demanding a hike on their daily payment.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won the ‘Champions of the Earth’ award of United Nations.

Students continue their protest against 7.5 percent VAT on private universities’ tuition fees and blocked some key roads in Dhaka again.

A similar gesture is needed by Pakistan again. These are self-confessed murderers who did not spare even pregnant women and children. They have been found guilty and sentenced. Let the Bangladeshis deal with them.

Students demonstrating for withdrawal of value added tax (VAT) from private universities’ tuition fees pass another day on the streets peacefully.

A Sylhet court frames 32 people in the murder case of Awami League leader and former finance minister SAMS Kibria.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia meets the party’s senior leaders to discuss the country’s current political situation and post-Eid anti-government movement.

A Bangladeshi has been identified among 107 victims, who died in Mecca crane collapse on Friday.

Fast bowler Shahadat Hossain, who is wanted for allegedly assaulting housemaid, has been temporarily suspended, Jalal Yunus, chairman of BCB media wing said today.

Teachers of 37 public universities across the country go on a work abstention today demanding a separate pay scale to settle their salary discrimination.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman says the results of an investigation into why a crane collapsed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, killing at least 107 people, will be made public.

Detectives claim to have detained seven members of the banned organisation Hizb-ut Tahrir from Khilkhet in Dhaka.

Students pursue mass protests in Dhaka and put road blockades along key points in the capital, severely disrupting traffic in strike against 7.5 percent VAT on private university tuition fees. They say protests will continue until the VAT is withdrawn.