Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow since World War Two to the European project of forging greater unity. Global financial markets plunged yesterday as results from a referendum defied bookmakers' odds to show a 52-48 percent victory for the campaign to leave a bloc Britain joined more than 40 years ago. A wave of shock is reverberating around Europe as countries across the EU and beyond digest the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union.

The two Buddhist traders, who recently bought freedom from confinement by a CID sub-inspector for Tk 20,000, now fear reprisal from policemen after a Buddhist federation leader raised the matter at a 14-party meeting.

He has not joined any of the 134 sittings of parliament in the last one and a half years. This says all about his failure to do parliamentary business as a lawmaker.

Bangladesh Army has been extending full and sincere cooperation to the authorities probing the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called on people to cooperate with the government in its fight against militancy and terrorism to maintain peace in the country. “We are taking actions against terrorism and militancy so that peace can prevail in the country. We want people's cooperation to this end,” she told parliament during an unscheduled discussion on the 67th founding anniversary of the Awami League.

Millions of Britons were voting yesterday on whether to stay in the EU or quit, in a momentous referendum that has polarised the country and could change the face of Europe.

State-owned carrier Teletalk's failure to kill around 22 lakh unregistered connections is allowing a huge volume of illegal international calls to be made, depriving the government of revenue.

An alleged stalker and his mother tried to frame a family in an acid violence case for protesting the harassment of their college-going daughter at the capital's Lalbagh.

Advertising agency Grey Dhaka's zero-electricity air cooler made from plastic bottles has won the prestigious Gold Lion award in this year's Cannes advertising festival.

Bangladesh's debt burden would not increase much even if the government borrowed $12 billion from Russia to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

The Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, is a time of great happiness and rejoicing to be spent in the warm embrace of the near and dear ones.

Lauding the Saudi Arabia-led anti-terror alliance, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it has created an opportunity for the entire Muslim Ummah to get united and fight terrorism and militancy. “Around 40 countries have already joined the alliance... Bangladesh also joined it," the PM said in reply to queries from lawmakers in parliament.

Terrorism cannot be controlled by killing alleged militants in crossfire as it shows the weakness and failure of law enforcement agencies, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon told parliament yesterday.

Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday rightly described the death of militant suspects in so-called "crossfire" and "gun battle" as weakness and failure of the law-enforcement agencies.

Renata has introduced a new method to verify the authenticity of two of their over-the-counter drugs.

Two days after Mukul Rana was kidnapped in Jessore on February 23 by persons identifying themselves as “Detective Branch members”, his brother-in-law went to the DB headquarters to enquire about him but got arrested, family alleges.

Should we take what police say at face value? The answer would hardly be in the affirmative anymore, especially after what has unfolded since Sunday's police briefing on a “shootout” victim they introduced as Sharif.

She was excited about meeting her family members after a long time. Hosna Begum reached Shahjalal International Airport from Muscat in Oman on Monday night. But she had no idea what was awaiting her.

Control over illegal toll collection has led the two feuding groups of road transport workers to be at loggerheads at the capital's Sayedabad Bus Terminal for the last few days, transport workers said.

Ironically in our politics today, ideals, principles, beliefs or ethics do not determine what “stance” our leader will take. Rather, it is determined by power -- is the leader “in power” or “out of power” -- and that will determine the stance.