Tajul Islam, a top member of the defence team of war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, has been allegedly picked up by law enforcers from his chamber in Dhaka this evening.

A sedition case has been filed against BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna.

3 people, including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka

A truck helper, who suffered burns in an arson attack on a truck in Chapainawabganj, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

British Foreign Minister Hugo Swire urged all political parties in Bangladesh, the government and others in society to take confidence-building measures necessary to stop the violence.

Detectives detained five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Dhaka University campus for their alleged attempt to bring out a procession supporting the ongoing hartal and blockade .

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today donated the royalty he got for his two books to arson victims of the current political unrest.

Two people were injured in crude bomb explosions during a rally of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance at Hazaribaghin Dhaka.

THE significance of political factors on economic performance is well established in the theoretical and empirical literature. Channels of political impact on the economy are many. Political instability takes a toll on economic growth through lower investment and subdued economic activities.

A group of foreign diplomats including US and EU ambassadors has emphasised on the de-escalation of political conflict for the sake of human rights and democracy in Bangladesh.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says foreign powers are behind the BNP-Jamaat's ongoing hartals, blockade and violence,

(SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed following extension hartal.

SO far BNP's political programme has cost 113 lives. Sixty of them were victims of arson attacks on buses and public transport. More than 1,200 vehicles have been destroyed by fire or damaged by miscreants. One hundred thirty people are writhing in agony in the burn units.

FARIA was only sixteen and like any other teenager, had dreams, innocent aspirations and hopes. On Facebook, she shared her moments of happiness, optimism and confusion, but rarely her despair. Her father's world revolved around her happiness and he had a promise to keep -- a trip to Cox's Bazaar after Faria turns sixteen. Seemingly oblivious of any hazard, he decided to take the long journey with his wife and daughter from Jessore to the sea resort by bus, the only means of transport he could afford.

INDIA'S Foreign Secretary Subrahmaniam Jaishankar will visit Bangladesh from today on his tour of Saarc members aimed at “getting to know Saarc countries” as part of active Indian diplomacy.

At least four people, including a journalist, are burnt in a firebomb attack on a bus at Banasree in Dhaka

Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.

Miscreants exploded six crude bombs in front of the New Market in Dhaka injuring at least three people

High Court bench denies bail to Ekushey TV Chairman Abdus Salam in a sedition case.

The BNP-led 20-party alliance calls for UN supervised international investigation into what it said extra-judicial killings, human rights violations and firebomb attacks in the country.