There is no militancy link or sabotage plan behind yesterday’s blast in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila, Rapid Action Battalion said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.

A Dhaka court today accepted the charges brought against nine accused in a case filed over the attack on former US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat's convoy in August 2018.

Norway’s soccer players marked the start of their quest to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by protesting against the gulf state’s alleged treatment of workers before kick off in their opening match against Gibraltar on Wednesday.

Australia has announced $10 million in emergency assistance from the existing humanitarian budget to those affected by the fire in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh turns 50 this week as an economic success story but also an increasingly repressive de facto one-party state where a cartoon or Facebook post can land you in jail, or worse.

Defence for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today -- for the second day -- continued hearing on charge framing in connection with the Niko graft case.

In-person classes at all schools and colleges across the country may resume after Eid-ul-Fitr if the surge in coronavirus cases continues, Education Minister Dipu Moni said today.

Six days into the arrest of Jhumon Das Apon for his Facebook post, allegedly criticising Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque, police filed a case against him under Digital Security Act on Monday.

A 35-year man was allegedly shot dead by miscreants in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila last night.

Bangladesh and India will sign several bilateral agreements covering trade, disaster management, and oceanography and come out with “new announcements” in trade, power, railway, health, and education, culture, and border development during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka on March 26-27.

The state has filed a petition challenging the High Court verdict that granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital's Dhanmondi in October last year.

A road accident today left a motorcyclist dead on the Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway as a stone-laden truck crushed him under its wheels from behind at Beltali area of ​​Patgram upazila.

Two local Chhatra League leaders were sued under Digital Security Act allegedly for spreading false information and rumour against Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi on Facebook in Narayanganj.

Police detained at least 10 leaders and activists of Left Democratic Alliance for two hours in Rajshahi city today, foiling their planned demonstration protesting the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nearly 110 people were fined in Narayanganj city today for not wearing masks to control the spread of Covid-19.

A hilsa fish was found in a farmer’s pond at Nayapara village under Taltali upazila of Barguna on Monday.

The next budget to be presented at the parliament will make it clear whether the scope for whitening the black money will be there in the next fiscal year or not, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today submitted a three-day remand prayer for quizzing expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, one of the "casino kingpins", in Dhaka and his close aide in a Tk 195 crore money laundering case.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) has won the World Bank’s Directors Award for Most Innovative, Collaborative and Impactful Governance Global Practice Operations for its “Digitising Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP)”.