On October 30, hundreds of religious zealots launched a synchronised attack on six Hindu villages in Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar upazila and vandalised 100 houses and 17 temples. They also looted whatever valuables they could find. Before the attack, they spread communal hatred for two days using a Facebook post on the wall of a Hindu fisherman. To instigate

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said in parliament that President Abdul Hamid would form the new Election Commission after holding discussions with all political parties.

Rajshahi Kings booked a place in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) final against the Dhaka Dynamites by battling to a

To lighten the load of children burdened with heavy schoolbags, the High Court yesterday prohibited the carrying of satchels

Miraz Sardar, a college employee in Madaripur, has been honoured with “Faraaz Hossain Courage Award 2016” in recognition of his act of valour.

A Pakistani plane carrying 48 people crashed yesterday in the country's mountainous north and burst into flames killing everyone on board, authorities said, in one of the deadliest aviation accidents in the country's history.

Dhaka and New Delhi are expected to sign 30 to 35 primary and final agreements, including that for the use of Chittagong and Mongla ports by India and its fresh commitment for project loans, during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day official visit to India later this month.

Criminals hacked the father as well as the brother of a teenage girl for protesting her stalking in Chandpur.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death penalties for three Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) militants, including its chief

“Religious zealotry is gradually gripping us. It's evident in our attire. We are moving away from our centuries-old culture.”

Three alleged criminals were killed in a "gunfight" with police in Gangni upazila of Meherpur early yesterday.

It was a day for Calypso beats at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday as first Darren Sammy and Kesrick

Two more youths have recently gone missing from the capital while the four who disappeared from Banani on Thursday are

In an unprecedented move, the government in a single day yesterday approved several mega projects, including Rooppur

Like his predecessor Zillur Rahman, incumbent President Abdul Hamid will hold dialogues with political parties this month on

A recklessly driven car ploughed into three women sleeping on a footpath in front of the Supreme Court and killed two of

Two officials of the Drug Administration involved in the case against Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd knowingly violated due procedure of law, and exhibited sheer negligence, inefficiency and incompetence in dealing the case, the Drug Court in Dhaka said.

Police are yet to trace the four youths who went missing from the capital's Banani area on Thursday, say the law enforcers.

Twenty-six years ago the autocratic rule of Gen. Ershad came to an end in the face of years of mass agitation leading to the restoration of democracy and reinstatement of the representative government in 1991. Since then 6th December has been celebrated as Democracy Restoration Day.

A leader and two activists of Jubo League in Natore were found shot dead in Dinajpur yesterday, about two days after they were picked up allegedly by Rab members. The mother of one of the dead has filed a general diary saying a Rab team had taken them away from Tokia Bazar of Natore on Saturday.