Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again accused the then BNP-Jamaat government of perpetrating the grisly grenade attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004.

It was about 3:00pm when the young man was talking to someone over the phone and sharing his fear and uncertainty, as he looked tense in front of the Bashundhara City Shopping Complex.

Firefighters were struggling last night to control the fire at the capital's Bashundhara City Shopping Complex, even some 11 hours after it broke out.

Her first name is Margarita, and she hailed her gold medal in all-around rhythmic gymnastics in the Rio Olympics on Saturday as a 'victory for two countries'. She is representing the Russian Federation but the other country celebrating her triumph is Bangladesh.

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.

It was a mercenary job for them. After completion of the job, they would be provided safety and allowed to continue their activities unhindered. On such assurance they had agreed to carry out the horrific mission: assassinating Sheikh Hasina and other top leaders of her party.

Tahmid Hasib Khan, who had been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the Gulshan café attack, was sent to jail yesterday after his remand for 14 days in two phases ended.

Immortality: Sealed with a burst of speed, in the blink of an eye and in the matter of 37.27 seconds.

The Religious Affairs Ministry and Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab) are blaming each other for around 15,000 hajjis not

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all citizens to turn the grief of the August 21 grenade attack into strength

At 5:22pm, Islamic militant outfit Huji carries out the grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka, killing 24 people and

On this day 12 years ago, an attack was carried out to annihilate the top leadership of a major political party.

The day before August 21, 2004, Dhaka city Awami League leaders had an informal meeting with party chief Sheikh Hasina for her directives on the next day's rally. At the end of the meeting, Hasina, in a lighter vein, asked her party leaders to get a big truck so that most of her senior leaders could stand on it.

The fate of around 15,000 Hajj pilgrims of 143 private hajj agencies is hanging in the balance as the agencies are yet to arrange their

As part of efforts to boost trade and improve rail communication, five rail routes will be launched between Bangladesh and India in

Usain Bolt is back in form. He is back in the very best of form as far as his antiques are concerned. He has always been in form as far as racing is concerned, but now that he has breezed through to victory in his favourite 200m on Thursday night to complete a double hattrick of 100m and 200m, he is back with his typical show of wit, charm and antiques.

Detectives arrested three alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in Chittagong city and

Police yesterday detained 18 alleged leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir when they were holding “a secret meeting” at a school in the capital's Badda area.

After years in the hunt for him, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on the night of May 14, 2009 captured “Boma” Mizan, explosives expert of banned terror outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). A Rab team took him to his house in Mirpur that night. As they got on the doorstep around 10:30pm, Mizan gave his wife Sharmin Haque Lata some coded instructions.

“If people cooperated with us and refrained from erecting billboards and banners, mayors didn't need to do hooliganism.”