France took a hard line yesterday over a huge trove of documents hacked from presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron's campaign, warning on the eve of the election that anyone spreading them could face criminal charges.

Inaugurating the 80 km Cox's Bazar-Teknaf marine drive, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it would unlock the potentials of the region enabling people to improve their socioeconomic condition and enjoy the natural beauty.

A private university student yesterday filed a case alleging that she and one of her friends were raped by two youths in a posh hotel in the capital's Banani area over a month ago.

Two companies and three individuals were honoured yesterday at the 16th edition of the prestigious Bangladesh Business Awards for their superlative success as well as contribution to the economy. Kutubuddin Ahmed, chairman of Envoy Group, was crowned as the Business Person of the Year, while Meghna Group of Industries took home the Enterprise of the Year award.

The Rampal power plant would cause at least 6,000 premature deaths and low birth weights of 24,000 babies during its 40-year life, a

The slump in this year's SSC results thanks to introduction of a new evaluation method reinforces the long-held notion about the teachers' being liberal in checking the answer scripts.

India yesterday successfully launched the South Asia Satellite that will provide telecommunications, disaster management and weather forecasting services, among others, to seven nations of the region.

Nurul Amin saw his makeshift bookstore near Baitul Mukarram National Mosque being gutted in front of him during Hefajat-e Islam's

Police probe into 58 cases filed over the May 5-6, 2013 Hefajat mayhem remain stalled as the investigators await further instructions from the government on the next course of action.

The death of a few thousand ducks at the beginning of the breeding season has led to fear and apprehension among the farmers in Sylhet division.

The 16th edition of Bangladesh Business Awards will be held in the capital today.

The success rate in this year's SSC examinations has suffered a significant fall thanks to the introduction of a new method of evaluating answer scripts and students' poor performance in English and Mathematics in Comilla board. The pass percentage of the Secondary School Certificate exams under the eight education boards has come down to 81.21 percent, dipping 7.49 percentage points from last year, show the results published yesterday.

Hefajat-e Islam did not need to take to the streets in the last four years following its biggest show of strength in the capital on May 5, 2013 as the Islamist group got much of whatever it wanted through negotiations, mostly away from the public eye.

“Brutal attacks on journalists and online activists, and the use of unfair laws and criminal defamation provisions which clearly violate international standards, continued to stifle free speech.”

Rokeya Begum's family lived off paddy farming in Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj. Three years ago, adverse weather damaged their crops, leaving them with nothing to subsist on.

Keeping the looming water scarcity in mind, the Asian Development Bank has nearly doubled its allocation for water sector projects across Asia to $4.2 billion this year, up from an average yearly funding of $2.4 billion in the last six years.

Law Minister Anisul Huq's assurance of removing section 57 of the ICT Act, a threat to free speech, does not offer much comfort to

There's a difference between buying and begging: one taka. Opposite the Mymensingh railway station every afternoon up to eighty

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said some over enthusiastic officials and employees were acting against the interest of the

A garment worker allegedly committed suicide after she was humiliated over an allegation of illicit affair with a neighbour.