BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may have to stay longer in jail as her counsels are unlikely to get a certified copy of the verdict this week.

Eminent Pakistani human rights defender and lawyer Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore yesterday.

The House yesterday passed the Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill, 2018 raising jail term to seven years from five years for disrupting law and order.

In an extraordinary move to stop question paper leak, the government yesterday decided to shut down internet service for two and a half hours on exam days. Mobile internet will remain fully shut and internet speed will be slashed to 25Kbps for other internet users from 8:00am to 10:30am on those days.

The BNP has accused the government of keeping the party's chairperson Khaleda Zia in solitary confinement at the “abandoned” Dhaka

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has demanded a “safe, dignified return” for Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, ahead of

With Khaleda Zia in jail, top BNP leaders have three things on their mind -- unity, loyalty and preparation for the next election later this year.

Two journalists were injured in an attack by Jubo League and Chhatra League men in the city's Mirzajangal area yesterday over a

Riding on the recent revolution in fish and livestock farming, Bangladesh for the first time achieved self-sufficiency in animal protein.

The ruling Awami League has decided to keep the BNP under pressure and not to allow the opposition men to launch any street

Soon after the post-match press conferences after Bangladesh's capitulation for 123 brought an early end to the second Test against

A Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar prompted a demand from UN and Washington for a credible

It was like watching a repeat telecast of the first day as a total of 14 wickets fell yet again on the second day of the second Test. Once again Bangladesh made costly errors and handed Sri Lanka the initiative, with the visitors taking a commanding second-innings lead of 312 runs with two wickets in hand at stumps at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Bound together, the 10 Rohingya captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a grave. Soon afterwards, on the morning of Sept 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two were hacked to death by Buddhist villagers. The rest were shot by soldiers, two of the gravediggers said.

More than 200 BNP men were arrested during the party's nationwide demonstration yesterday against the conviction of Khaleda Zia in a corruption case.

With the BNP not waging any noticeable street agitations following Khaleda Zia's jail sentence on Thursday, the Awami League camp appears to feel greatly relieved.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had a quiet start to her second day in prison.

The BNP has decided not to launch tougher programmes like hartal or blockade for now, and the party will instead wage a legal battle to free Khaleda Zia from jail.

The British government will shortly lift the ban imposed around two years ago on direct air cargo from Dhaka to London.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia landed in jail yesterday after a special court sentenced her to five years' rigorous imprisonment in a graft case, dealing a severe blow to the party ahead of the upcoming national elections.