The nation celebrated the 46th Victory Day amid festivity yesterday, paying deep homage to three million martyrs and the freedom fighters of the Liberation War of 1971.

The tents have no flaps. It is very difficult to sleep when wind blows at night, said Taramoni Murmu, standing in front of her tent at a makeshift shelter in Madarpur village.

Bangladesh's job market in the Middle East is likely to face a major blow with the continuous fall in oil prices and economic slowdown in the region. This gloomy economic state is already affecting the migrant workers there. With revenues from oil exports going down and the impact of wars in Syria and Yemen on the Arab countries, the governments of the region have begun slashing subsidies on oil, electricity and water.

The councillor election in ward no-2 of Narayanganj has drawn attention of voters as the wife of slain ward councillor Nazrul Islam is running against a contestant who was primarily implicated in the sensational seven-murder case.

"I said I killed about three of them. I didn't really know how many bullets from my gun went through inside

Around 10:00pm yesterday, which was a holiday, five of a family came out of their home in Cox's Bazar Maheshkhali upazila to

At least 20 teachers and students of Magura Government Polytechnic Institute were injured yesterday as police fired rubber

For the young TV journalist, it was an opportunity of a lifetime to cover the events of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

Rabindranath Tagore fondly gave her a name -- Vijaya. Jorge Luis Borges, a key figure in 20th century Spanish literature, described her as “the quintessential Argentine woman”.

US President Richard Nixon had considered using nuclear weapons during the Liberation War in 1971 to forestall Soviet Union's involvement in the war.

The house being set afire by a policeman and a person in a pink shirt as seen in an Al Jazeera video belonged to Chumki Mardi, a 55-year-old Santal woman.

The situation there was all very happy. As the troops were advancing towards the newly liberated capital, people standing along the road cheered them, chanting "joy bangla". They thanked the troops and other freedom fighters.

Indian and Russian war veterans, who fought for liberating Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971, yesterday expressed their firm conviction that Bangladesh will make great progress in the near future to be a great country in the global arena.

The nation observed the Martyred Intellectuals Day yesterday paying rich tributes to the intellectuals who were killed by the Pakistani occupation army and their local collaborators close to the end of the Liberation War in 1971.

Uncontested elections - be it national or local - is gradually becoming a common practice in Bangladesh politics.

Life in Kalatia was calm and relaxed basking in the breezy spring days back in 1971. And it was only natural for a quiet

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has written to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to block 12 websites in an attempt to counter betting involving cricket matches.

Deadly clash erupted in Syria's Aleppo yesterday and a deal for the evacuation of rebel areas was on hold, leaving thousands of cold and hungry civilians uncertain of their future.

The High Court yesterday directed the chief judicial magistrate in Gaibandha to conduct an enquiry to find out whether police were involved in setting fire to Santal houses during an eviction drive in Gobindaganj upazila.

Rajuk office is corrupt top to bottom.