Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election yesterday with almost 74 percent of the vote, according to an official exit poll, with the opposition reporting ballot stuffing and other cases of alleged fraud.

Eight days after being abducted from the capital's Basundhara Residential Area, businessman Sazal Chowdhury was freed in Daudkandi area of Comilla early yesterday.

A week after US-Bangla Airlines pilot Captain Abid Sultan lost his life in the plane crash at Nepal airport, his wife suffered a stroke yesterday morning.

The recent US-Bangla plane crash has suddenly brought out some bone-chilling allegations from a number of pilots of compromising flight safety by private airlines.

“The situation in this country is such that if I were the prime minister,

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers were denied permission to meet her in the capital's old central jail yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to teachers, guardians and religious clerics to motivate children against all evil forces, including militants, terrorists and drug traffickers.

The stat of not winning a single game against India in their seven T20I meetings so far, including the two defeats in the Nidahas Trophy, may not hang as heavy on the shoulders of Bangladesh players after their scintillating and morale-boosting two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Friday as the Tigers take on India in the final at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today.

Police have found two Awami League men and their associates involved in the abduction of green activist Mihir Biswas in the capital's Shyamoli on March 3, investigators said yesterday.

Among the low-caste Hindu families of the distant Kachuai Hills in Chittagong's Patiya upazila education has rarely been a priority. Busy with

The joint probe into the US-Bangla disaster officially starts today.

Bangabandhu-1, the first commercial satellite of the country, is likely to be sent into orbit next month and it will be ready for use in three months after the launch. The satellite is all set for the launch, said Shahjahan Mahmood, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), which is dealing with the much-talked-about project.

The 98th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being celebrated today in a befitting manner.

Bashundhara Group is set to build the country's largest oil refinery plant in Chittagong, which is expected to meet about 80 percent of the national demand for refined oil.

Interim Bangladesh head Courtney Walsh dragged away 12th man Nurul Hasan who engaged in a verbal clash with Sri Lankan opener Kusal Mendis -- who was being restrained by Tamim Iqbal -- after Mahmudullah Riyad struck a deep six over the square leg region to clinch a scintillating two-wicket win that knocked Sri Lanka out of the Nidahas Trophy and powered Bangladesh to the final at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.

Tribhuvan International Airport authorities and US-Bangla Airlines are at loggerheads over what caused the crash.

In a major leap forward, Bangladesh has become eligible to graduate to a developing country from a least developed one as it has met all the three criteria for the first time for getting out of the LDC bloc.

For the second consecutive day, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman met the then Pakistan's President Yahya Khan at the latter's residence to resolve the ongoing crisis.

Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusingha's answer of yes was a quick one after he was asked whether he knew of Shakib Al Hasan's last-minute inclusion in the Bangladesh squad ahead of today's crucial Nidahas Trophy match between the two sides.

While Myanmar has been gravely violating international norms for long by not protecting the Rohingyas, the international community has done little to punish the country or stop violence, international relations experts said yesterday.