Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday said abduction and enforced disappearances are nothing new in the country.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is yet to inform the law minister anything about extension of his 39-day leave that expired yesterday.

Some Awami League and Jubo League men allegedly assaulted party lawmaker Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury during a programme in

In the absence of modern treatment facilities, a cringe-worthy 80 percent of the capital's sewage goes directly into rivers and water bodies.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh wanted to cooperate with India and other neighbouring countries for creating a “peace area” in South Asia where everyone would live together as good neighbours and pursue constructive policies for the benefit of all.

Rab members yesterday picked up Liberation War hero Habibul Alam from the capital's Eskaton and interrogated him for around seven

Five people, including three brothers, were killed and around 50 others injured as rival groups from two neighbouring villages clashed

Human Rights Watch has called on world leaders meeting in two summits in the Philippines and Vietnam to address the Rohingya crisis.

Head coach Chandika Hathurusingha has tendered his resignation to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) but the reason behind the

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said she would not indulge in politics of vengeance despite her political arch rival Prime

A North South University teacher has gone missing from the capital on Tuesday afternoon.

A housewife was raped and strangled and two minor girls were raped as police arrested three alleged rapists in Pabna, Jessore and

Police on Tuesday night filed a case against eight people in connection with the death of five children and an adult in a landslide in

The High Court yesterday severely rebuked the Anti-Corruption Commission for foot dragging and showing weaknesses in investigating cases over the BASIC Bank loan scam. The commission lacks neutrality, transparency and competence in dealing with the cases, the court said, adding that the ACC is applying the “pick and choose” policy as "it keeps detaining and releasing people in connection with the cases".

UN food agency sees tough days ahead as it struggles to raise funds for continuing food support for over 800,000 Rohingyas amid conflicts in various parts of the world.

Myanmar yesterday hit back at a UN Security Council statement critical of its handling of the Rohingya refugee crisis, saying it could "seriously harm" efforts to repatriate the Muslim minority from Bangladesh, reports AFP.

Bangladesh is bracing itself for another less productive rice season as the United States Department of Agriculture predicts decline in acreage and yield of Aman. Aman is the most important rice season in the country after Boro.

The district administration of Dhaka yesterday sealed both the Dhanmondi and Gulshan branches of Lakehead Grammar School,

Lawmakers from Commonwealth countries have called upon the international community to take urgent action to resolve the Rohingya crisis.

The UN Security Council has called upon Myanmar and Bangladesh to invite the UN refugee agency and other relevant international