Indian police charge 21 accused including four Bangladeshi militants of banned outfit JMB in the Burdwan blast case of Kolkata.

The cabinet approves a new law to introduce 1 percent surcharge on mobile phone use, cabinet secretary says. The government will earn Tk 140cr each year when the law will become effective.

A worker is burnt alive and four others are injured after a fire broke out in a medicine factory of Opsonin Pharma in Barisal city.

Traffic movement on Dhaka-Rangpur highway remains suspended for one and a half hours as locals put up barricade protesting death of school student in Bogra road crash

Alleged chief of a forest bandit racket of the Sundarbans killed in 'gunfight' with police in Koyra upazila of Khulna.

BEFORE we knew it, it was the year 1970. There were political movements all around. The confrontations of the students and the public of East Bengal had reached their peak.

THE Western media was all about Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, when he died recently.

The government will provide new electricity connections to 1.21 crore people within this year by setting up 3.23 lakh kilometres of transmission line and 650 sub-stations, says State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu.

A mayor aspirant has been fined for riding a horse cart wrapped in campaign banners and posters in violation of the electoral code of conducts.

High Court denies bail to an owner of a garment factory housed in Rana Plaza building that collapsed in 2013, in a corruption case.

Two Bangladesh nationals, who are trapped in two hotels in Yemen due to allied strikes against Houthi rebels, have appealed for immediate rescue

20-party calls 48-hour hartal from Monday demanding return of missing Salahuddin Ahmed. Dhaka, Ctg to remain out of purview.

Ten mayor aspirants submit their nomination papers to contest the Dhaka north and south city corporation polls today, the last day for submitting nomination papers

HSC and its equivalent examinations of all boards scheduled for April 26-28 have been postponed due to Dhaka, Chittagong city corporations polls.

A mayor aspirant in Dhaka alleges that PM Sheikh Hasina acted against level-playing field in the upcoming city corporation polls by introducing ruling Awami League-backed mayor aspirants

Shortly after announcing fresh agitation programmes for tomorrow, the BNP-led opposition alliance realizes that it had forgot to include blockade. So, it revised the programme and sent out fresh news release

The calm at the BCCI office was shattered by the constant ringing of the landlines as fans from Pakistan and Bangladesh calls after team India lost in the quarterfinals against Australia, reports Indian Express.

Sector Commanders Forum (SCF) Vice-Chairman Abu Osman Chowdhury said that violent activities are being carried out in the country to save the war criminals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the law enforcement agencies to work with utmost sincerity to eliminate terrorism

Improving garment-industry safety, designing apps to solve social problems and gathering data on antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on fruits and vegetables: These are among the innovative research projects made possible by UC Berkeley’s new Subir & Malini Chowdhury Centre for Bangladesh Studies