A man was critically injured after one of his co-workers allegedly pumped air into his body through the rectum at a furniture shop in the capital yesterday, in an incident that harks back to the murders of Rakib in Khulna and Sagar in Narayanganj.

Two years ago, when Rawshan Ara Begum of Naogaon's remote Saraswatipur village became pregnant for the first time, she sought no antenatal care.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested an alleged trainer of the female unit of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and four of his accomplices in Gazipur early yesterday.

Funds used to finance the Gulshan café terror attack came from abroad, police said yesterday.

Successful execution of a plot to kill writer-blogger Avijit Roy encouraged pro-al-Qaeda militant outfit Ansar Al Islam to hatch another plan to kill publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan last year, police said yesterday.

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit different parts of the country and India, Myanmar and Thailand yesterday afternoon.

A powerful pre-dawn earthquake devastated mountain villages in central Italy yesterday, leaving at least 73 people dead, dozens more injured or trapped under the rubble and thousands temporarily homeless.

A Narail court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed for her remarks on the

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives here on a brief visit on August 29, which many are considering a major development in

Nitish Kumar, chief minister of eastern Indian state of Bihar, yesterday appeared to blame the Farakka barrage on the river

Identities of the five Gulshan attackers and a Holey Artisan chef have been confirmed through DNA tests.

The draft of the National Broadcast Act-2016 would be placed before the cabinet for approval soon, Information Minister

Biman yesterday got permission from the Saudi Arabian authorities to operate 15 extra hajj flights, which should remove the uncertainty of at least 5,400 people performing their hajj.

Emission of toxic ammonia at a Chittagong fertiliser factory was brought under control yesterday, around 11 hours after a gas

Panna Akter remembers only one date of her life. She can't recall the date of her birth or marriage, and she isn't sure on which dates her two sons aged around five and six were born. “These dates are written in a diary,” she says, and springs from her seat to bring it.

About 250 people fell sick in Anwara of Chittagong last night after inhaling ammonia gas that leaked from a pipe at the nearby

The 31st Olympic Games had started with a great exhibition of music, dance and colours of life. It ended with another one.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for three months a top militant suspect's bail that he obtained from the High Court over a month ago in two separate criminal cases.

The cabinet yesterday approved a draft law proposing punishment up to life imprisonment for spreading negative propaganda through digital devices against the Liberation War and the Father of the Nation.

Air in the neighbouring areas of Bashundhara City Shopping Complex, especially on its western and northern sides, became thick with black smoke from the fire that broke out on the complex's fifth floor yesterday morning.