THE ongoing blockade and shutdowns are crippling the economy, with the garment sector seemingly set to receive the hardest blow.

Former chief justice, currently Law Commission Chairman, Justice ABM Khairul Haque says the police chief should have resigned following the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy

Supreme Court today upholds a High Court verdict that had granted bail to young entrepreneur Jannati Hossain in a murder case

John Kerry has appreciated the role of Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies in countering terrorist activities, the foreign minister says

Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand may be the teams to beat, but the striking feature of this World Cup is Asia's four Test nations defying conventional wisdom to make the quarter-finals

Miscreants set fire to the fisheries office in Magura town and exploded at least seven crude bombs there early Monday, police said.

One of the seven victims, who was burnt in a fire at a building in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj Sunday night, dies at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

IN the absence of a political solution the crisis thrown up by the events in East Pakistan can only get worse.

SOMETIME ago, a leader in this newspaper wondered what had happened to our sense of decency. The thought-provoking article struck a chord in many hearts, including mine.

DMP announce a Tk 5 lakh bounty to help arrest Redwanul Azad Rana, a prime accused in blogger Ahmed Rajib Haidar murder case

With Pakistan's victory against Ireland in the last group-stage match today, quarterfinal (QF) fixture for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 has been now completed. The first QF will be held on March 18 in Sydney Cricket Ground between Sri Lanka and South Africa. The match will start at 9:30am in Bangladesh Standard Time (BDST).

Court turns down separate bail petitions filed by three BNP leaders including party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in five arson related cases

Mark Lowcock, UK Permanent Secretary for Department for International Development (DFID), arrives in Dhaka on a two-day official visit

At least four passengers sustained burns as miscreants hurled petrol bomb at a bus on Cox's Bazar-Chittagong highway in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar

A fire breaks out at a seven-stored commercial building at Motijheel in Dhaka

Ruling out again the possibility of any dialogue with Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the best option for BNP chief to surrender to court

IGP AKM Shahidul Hoque says no law enforcement agency has arrested BNP leader Salahuddin

Four passengers are killed and ten injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway in Mahadevpur of Naogaon, police say

The UN has reiterated its call for political dialogue and de-escalation of tensions in Bangladesh.

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