Anjem Choudary, Britain's most high-profile Islamist preacher whose followers have been linked to numerous militant plots across the world, has been found guilty of inviting support for IS.

He fought against all odds. He swam over 300km in rivers. He moved frantically from one char to another in the Jamuna (Brahmaputra). He struggled to survive for 50 days.

The day he floated into Bangladesh from Assam more than two weeks ago, his fate was sealed.

Nurul Islam Marzan, who police claimed was “in charge of Gulshan attack”, was a Shathi (associate) of Chittagong University unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami.

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested four suspected female members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in different areas of the capital and Gazipur early yesterday.

All the six passengers including a married couple and the driver of a CNG-run auto rickshaw were left dead as it collided

After saving the lives of two youths from drowning with his heroic efforts, 26-year-old pickup driver Sarwar Hossain drowned in a canal at Beraid of Badda in the capital yesterday.

There was not the usual swagger; hardly the animated gestures and witty remarks which defined Usain Bolt till London 2012. It

The youth, who police claimed was “in charge of Gulshan attack” and known among fellow militants as Marzan, has been identified by a Pabna family as their son.

While living, there was not a day he did not make news. His larger than life images adorned the pages of all dailies and weeklies. TV news started with his words. He was top news almost every day in Bangladesh. But after August 15, 1975, it was as if he had not even existed!

Resolving to stand united against terrorism and militancy, the nation yesterday observed the National Mourning Day on the 41st death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

New Delhi plans to lay a 6,900-km gas pipeline linking Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.

It was around 3:00am of August 15, 1975. Preparations for carrying out a barbaric assassination were almost done. Major Syed Faruk Rahman, one of the masterminds of the massacre, was sitting on a stool in front of the lancer unit headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment. An operation map was open on his knees. Execution of which would send a massive blow to the newly independent Bangladesh. Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid, another mastermind, was standing beside him.

Ruling Awami League presidium member and Health Minister Mohammed Nasim yesterday lauded Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, saying the ones like Faraaz never give in to fear.

Police yesterday said they have found initial proof of former private university teacher Hasnat Karim's involvement in the July 1 bloody siege of Holey Artisan Bakery.

A Bangladeshi imam and his assistant were shot dead by a gunman in New York on Saturday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is not celebrating her "birthday" today as the country is now facing problems like militancy and flood, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

At least 15 people are feared dead as two Indian fishing trawlers sank in Bangladesh territory of the Bay of Bengal due to inclement weather on Saturday.

Only the photo belongs to her. All other information that the passport carries is someone else's. And with this passport she flew to Qatar three years ago without any trouble.

The night still shadowed the whole nature with its deep black curtain. It was around 4:30am. Four people at the radio office in Dhaka's Shahbagh just fell into exhausted slumber following a late night programme that ended at 2:00am.