The death references and appeals of the 2001 sensational Ramna Batamul carnage case have been pending with the High Court for nearly five years due to legal tangles.

Taxation systems must have gone through many reforms over the past 400 years. But perhaps nothing was so phenomenal than the one reform that took place in 1585.

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was set on fire two days after detained Sonagazi madrasa principal Siraj Ud Doula gave a directive to some of his followers when they visited him in Feni district jail, investigators said yesterday.

Two top members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party including an estranged member of the Gandhi dynasty were in hot water yesterday for appearing to threaten people to vote for them in the ongoing mega-election.

Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering yesterday suggested that Bangladesh should engage in talks with India to import hydropower from Bhutan as it would need to use Indian territory to make it happen.

Despite some serious allegations against him in the past, the now arrested Feni madrasa Principal Siraj Uddoula managed to hold his post with protection from about a dozen influential locals, including some Awami League leaders.

India's Supreme Court yesterday ordered parties to name anonymous donors behind tens of millions of dollars in funding as hostilities intensified in the country's mega-election.

Newly elected BGMEA President Rubana Huq's top priority is to brighten the apparel sector's image.

A government study has found various types of antibiotics in almost 50 percent poultry feed samples of 14 brands collected from four districts.

The criminals who set Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on fire would not be spared, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday.

Indians voted enthusiastically yesterday at the start of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term after campaigning fervently on a plank of national security, following tension with neighbouring Pakistan.

Investigators and locals suspect that two close aides to Principal Siraj Ud Doula were among the four who set Nusrat Jahan Rafi on fire at Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa on April 6.

As people across the country took to the streets to vent anger over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed law enforcers to bring the perpetrators to book.

British police dragged Julian Assange out of Ecuadorean embassy in London yesterday after Ecuador abruptly revoked his seven-year asylum, paving the way for his extradition to the United States for involvement in one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information.

Police recovered the hanging body of a student from a madrasa in Chattogram city's Bayazid area around midnight on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all, particularly mills and factories, to stop discharging wastes into rivers as water pollution appeared to be a severe problem for the country.

The public administration ministry is seeking 700 acres of protected forest, an ecologically critical area, in Shuknachhari of Cox's Bazar to build a civil service academy.

Scientists and researchers have responsibilities to find out sustainable ways to maintain Bangladesh's current economic and GDP growth, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday.

Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized 500,000 yaba pills and held two men from the mouth of the river Ramnabad on the Bay of Bengal in Patuakhali.

As the world is now keener on natural fibres and eco-friendly products, a French company is thinking of setting up a joint venture in Bangladesh for making jute-based car interior components.