BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government shifted former BNP lawmaker Nasir Uddin Pintu to Rajshahi jail from Dhaka “in a bid to kill him”.

A youth was shot dead and another suffered bullet wounds after unidentified miscreants opened fire at Dakkhin Badda in Dhaka.

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.

With reports emanating from New Delhi that the BJP-government is keen to exclude Assam from implementation of LBA with Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi requests Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to take such a decision.

Sahasra Nagorik Committee, a citizen platform, says that the just concluded Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls were held in a free, fair and credible manner.

At least eight people were shot and seven others injured during a clash between the businessmen of Banani DNCC market and police during eviction drive.

Miscreants partially damage the decoration of the tomb of BNP founder and late president Ziaur Rahman in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

A group of Bangladesh Ansar members, demanding their remuneration of yesterday’s city polls duty, blocked a major road in the capital this evening, leading to a clash with the police at Mirpur.

A man and his two minor daughters are found dead in Dhaka, in what police primarily suspected was a suicide case over family feud.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the just concluded elections to Chittagong and Dhaka cities were conducted in a free and fair fashion.

Dr Syed Humayun Akhter, Professor and Chairman of Department of Geology at Dhaka University, speaks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about earthquake risk assessment and management in Bangladesh.

AL-backed Dhaka South City Corporation mayor candidate Sayeed Khokon and a number of councillors allegedly hire rickshaws to give voters a free ride to the voting centres.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party, Awami League, threaten a presiding officer for barring them from entering a polling centre in Dhaka University.

When a voter burst into protest finding his vote was already cast, presiding officer compensates him by allowing him to cast a fake vote.

Voting at Kabi Nazrul College centre in old Dhaka remains suspended following a clash between the supporters of two councillor aspirants and Election Commission suspends voting at three centres at Suritola in Dhaka.

Law enforcers obstruct media persons from entering a polling centre after the two Dhaka city corporations elections began.

Nepal earthquake may trigger major tremors in Bangladesh as the earth plates are interconnected, experts warn.

At least three people are killed in Tangail, Bogra and Pabna districts after an earthquake, followed by a shockwave, hit different parts of Bangladesh.

In Rampura slum, the dwellers are not aware even after a recent disaster. It is the area, where a two-storey tin structure housing around 20 families, collapsed into a marshland on April 15, killing 12 people.

BNP accuses the Election Commission of working under the government’s instruction to ensure victory of the ruling party’s mayoral aspirants in the city polls.