The holy Ashura, the 10th day of Moharram, will be observed across the country today with due religious fervour, commemorating the Karbala tragedy in which Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) embraced martyrdom 1,377 years back.

She came to world at the invocation and supplication of Hindu devotees. After spending a few days with them, goddess Durga along with her four children yesterday set off for Kailash, her husband's abode.

China has been pouring billions of dollars in large infrastructure projects in foreign countries for the last three years with the aim of building new Silk Road trade routes.

“It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to.”

“Investing in girls is both the right thing to do, and the smart thing to do. It has a powerful ripple effect across all areas of development, and reaches forward to future generations."

The identities of the 11 suspected militants and the “Neo JMB financier” could not be officially confirmed even two days after the raids that led to their deaths on Saturday.

Two US-based academics won the Nobel Economics Prize yesterday for groundbreaking research on contract theory that has helped design insurance policies, executive pay and even prison management.

The five-day Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus, ends today with the immersion of the goddess Durga's idols in water bodies.

The longstanding issue of building a deep-sea port at Sonadia in Chittagong may not be discussed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit starting Friday.

When Motiur Rahman, a driver by profession, from Rehaichar in Chapainawabganj town first planted malta trees, results were far from certain. The red, hard and dry Barind Tract soils offers challenge to even seasoned farmers. Maltas have no tradition of being grown there. Nonetheless, Motiur thought to give them a try.

With a boost in mutual trust and cooperation, bilateral relations between Bangladesh and China have reached a new height that could be used for greater economic growth and benefits of the people of both the countries, say diplomats and experts.

“This is very risky for the NGOs, especially for those working on human rights and good governance."

Their words and actions are examples of blatant contradictions.

Local and foreign NGOs yesterday urged President Abdul Hamid not to consent to a recently passed bill on foreign-funded NGOs, saying one of its provisions violates people's constitutional rights to freedom of speech, thought and organisation.

The series is alive and the roar is set to grow from loud to louder as the caravan moves from Bangladesh's home of cricket in Mirpur to Chittagong for the third ODI on Wednesday, which probably will be the best unofficial final the Tigers have ever been part of in a three-match ODI series.

Three friends came out of a Rajshahi University (RU) dormitory and went to a nearby railway station to have tea around 12:30am yesterday.

Sacked army Major Syed Ziaul Haque, the alleged military wing chief of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, is under close

In a massive anti-militancy crackdown, 11 suspected militants were killed in Gazipur and Tangail yesterday. Seven of them were killed at Noagaon Patartek in Harinal area under Gazipur City Corporation in a drive codenamed “Operation Spate 8”.

A top “Neo JMB” financier died after he jumped off a five-storey building to flee during a raid by Rapid Action Battalion in Savar's

“He's so blatantly stupid. He's a punk, he's a dog, he's a pig [...] a mutt who [...] doesn't do his homework, doesn't care. He's an