The motorcade of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came under attack, allegedly by Awami League men, yesterday when the BNP leader was going to visit the landslide victims in Rangamati.

Five people, including four children, were killed in three landslides in Khagrachhari and Moulvibazar yesterday after last week's landslides in five districts that killed more than 150 people.

He helped many save their lives on that fateful day but lost most of his family members. And finally, he himself died of injuries.

Mohammad Amir removed all of India's top three as Pakistan routed their arch-rivals by 180 runs in an astonishing Champions Trophy final at The Oval on Sunday.

Bangladeshi Mount Everest conqueror Musa Ibrahim and his two Indian colleagues yesterday found some food after being trapped for six days at the base camp of Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Papua province of Indonesia.

India are favourites to retain the Champions Trophy on Sunday but they would probably have preferred to face different opponents

The foreign ministry owes the home ministry Tk 3,786 crore which Bangladesh embassies and missions collected in passport and visa processing fees. The dues have accumulated over 16 years, and now the home ministry has asked the finance ministry to make the foreign ministry pay up.

Against a backdrop of the chikungunya outbreak, the health and family welfare ministry in association with the two Dhaka city

Four days after deadly landslides hit Rangamati killing at least 114 people, the supply of essentials, including food, was yet to become normal yesterday. Most of the daily essentials were still selling at higher prices despite market monitoring by the district administration. However, the prices were lower than they were in previous three days.

In a matter of 10 days, Bikram Chakma, 47, has lost two homes and all of his belongings. After his ancestral home, where he lived with his father, was gutted in an arson attack by Bangalee settlers earlier this month, he took refuge in a Buddhist monastery while his wife and daughter continued to live in their home in Rangamati town.

By all indicators it was deemed to be the best performing bank in Bangladesh, posting a profit of Tk 2,300 crore last year, leaving any

Thousands of Eid holidaymakers may suffer immensely in traffic jam if the authorities fail to control heavy traffic on some key points of the highways. Traffic either slows to a crawl or goes haywire at these points, leaving people trapped in gridlocks for hours during the Eid rush every year.

"We want that the trend of democracy to continue ... we want that they [BNP] don't commit the mistake of skipping election again. We

Nur Nahar was sitting despondently on the second floor of Bangladesh Radio sub-station shelter centre yesterday afternoon. On her lap was a six-month-old boy, constantly crying. It was clear the baby has breathing difficulties.

Thirty years ago, Nilkamal Basak began weaving much-coveted Tangail sari to continue in hereditary profession.

Bangladesh has been ranked the third most peaceful country in South Asia, faring better than India, Pakistan and Nepal in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2017.

At least 15 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between police and hawkers in Chittagong's New Market area over an eviction drive yesterday.

The Russian army yesterday said it was seeking to verify whether Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed after its

After Tuesday's devastating landslides that killed at least 108 people in Rangamati, the stock of fuel ran out in the hill district yesterday amid shortage of food and medicine. There was no supply of electricity there for three days until last night, triggering a serious water crisis. The power supply resumed at 10:05pm.

A lot of things had to go right for Bangladesh if they were to come away with a win in the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal against