The 97th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being observed today.

When the SWAT members were on the roof of the “militant den” in Chittagong's Sitakunda early yesterday morning, three militants

The government has to return Tk 615 crore to 17 companies and several businesspeople that were forced to deposit the amount with Bangladesh Bank as tax on their alleged hidden money during the last caretaker government's tenure. The companies and businesspeople yesterday won a legal battle at the Supreme Court, which rejected the BB's appeals against 11 High Court verdicts ordering the government to return the money.

The people of Bangladesh expect India to make a positive decision on the Teesta deal during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming visit to New Delhi, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim said yesterday.

Law enforcers were raiding a “Neo JMB” hideout at a two-storey building in Chittagong's Sitakunda upazila with three to four families trapped inside the same building till early today. Police's attempts to take the families to safety went in vain last night as several suspected militants holed up on the ground floor there threw grenades and fired shots at them.

All the drama leading up to Bangladesh's historic 100th Test match was set aside in stirring fashion by the 11 cricketers tasked with

Police are yet to find out any motive behind the murder of a "pir" and his female attendant at a shrine in Dinajpur's Bochaganj.

Two suicide bombings hit Damascus yesterday including an attack at a central courthouse that killed at least 32 people, as Syria's war

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings of a corruption case filed

A Bangladeshi who, according to a SITE Intelligence Group video, died in a suicide bombing in Tikrit city of Iraq recently is Neaz

Facebook has turned down a proposal to sign a memorandum of understanding on requiring national identity card or passport

Misfa Sultana was teaching children yesterday morning when her stalker stormed into the class with a shovel and started beating her indiscriminately.

Bangladesh yesterday awarded an offshore block to Posco Daewoo Corporation of South Korea for gas exploration.

With four people killed in a “shootout” with law enforcers in Meherpur yesterday, the number of victims of such extrajudicial killing reached 51 in the first two and half months of this year, amid growing concerns of rights organisations.

If history is any indicator, the following five days for Bangladesh are not likely to be particularly happy at the P Sara Oval in Colombo,

The Supreme Court has once again expressed dissatisfaction at the government failure to issue the gazette notification on the rules determining the disciplines and code of conducts for lower court judges.

Leaving aside several bilateral issues, including the unresolved Teesta water-sharing deal, India has proposed a long-term comprehensive defence pact with Bangladesh that encompasses training, sale of military hardware and wide range of military to military cooperation.

The NRB Commercial Bank has sent a rejoinder to a report titled “Tk 44cr shares, lot of questions” published in The Daily Star on

The BNP is taking preparations for contesting the next parliamentary election though political parties are yet to reach a consensus on the election-time government.

Accidents and deaths in Moghbazar-Malibagh Flyover construction continue as safety measures are not being maintained even though a High Court verdict last year ordered ensuring public safety there. Early yesterday, a 36-metre-long girder weighing about 70 tonnes fell from the flyover and killed 42-year-old temporary hourly worker Md Swapan near Malibagh Level Crossing in the capital.