As he was being arrested, an accused in a drug case bit the hands of a police constable and fled with the help of his family members in Nandail municipality area of Mymensingh yesterday.

The Supreme Court will not welcome the proposed law that seeks to make disciplinary rules for removing its judges for incapacity or misconduct, as the draft of the law was prepared when a relevant case was pending before the High Court, the apex court said yesterday.

Dewan Atiqur Rahman Ankhi, allegedly an organiser of the October 30 hate attack on Hindus in Nasirnagar, was arrested in the capital's Bhatara yesterday.

The ruling Awami League celebrated “democracy victory day” across the country yesterday with much fanfare, while the BNP faced difficulties in holding programmes to mark the day as “democracy killing day”.

"We do not oppose political gatherings but we don't want programmes that make people suffer."

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the trial of the killers of Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton would surely be

Having lost almost everything in Tuesday's devastating inferno, more than 300 businessmen of the DCC Market at Gulshan-1

The government yesterday launched three mobile phone applications aimed at bringing crop production technologies to the doorsteps of 1.51 crore farm households to boost yields.

Yesterday the pro-ruling Awami League's student body, Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL), celebrated its 69th birth anniversary. We

City dwellers and commuters suffered for hours in gridlocks yesterday as Bangladesh Chhatra League brought out processions while celebrating its founding anniversary. After being stranded inside vehicles for up to two hours, many walked to their destinations, leaving their transports behind. Many were seen waiting at bus stops but most buses were stuck in standstill traffic.

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Bangladesh yesterday afternoon following a shallow earthquake in Tripura

There was no change in fortune as far as the Bangladesh cricket team was concerned. Whitewashed in the three-match ODI series, the

Bangladesh is one of the top performers in ensuring nutrition and basic medical care, and health and wellness, according to the Social

55-year-old Shamsul Alam Liton and his wife Amena Alam looked shell-shocked. They stood speechless and kept staring at the smoke billowing out from the market which housed their clothing store.

A devastating fire reduced much of the DCC Market at Gulshan-1 to rubble yesterday. No one was killed or hurt in the blaze that swept through the two-storey building for about 16 hours since around 2:00am. But over 300 shops were gutted and a portion of the market collapsed on impact, causing losses worth several hundred of crores of taka.

“One win is all we need.” This is a statement that different members of the Bangladesh contingent, including captain Mashrafe Bin

The ruling Awami League enters 2017 with an absolute grip on all elected institutions from the lowest tier of local government system--the Union Parishad-to the highest political institution-- the Jatiya Sangsad.

The government has directed TV channel distributors to stop airing foreign television channels that broadcast advertisements of local companies.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the killing of Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton was a planned murder, and asked all the ministers and lawmakers to stay alert.

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday outlawed seeking votes in the name of religion, caste, race, community or language, a landmark judgment ahead of crucial assembly elections in five states where faith and caste are top poll issues.