Q: Does Islam support terrorism and terror acts?

Police yesterday filed an attempted murder case against six named and several unnamed accused in connection with Wednesday's

Calling for peace, harmony and tolerance, more than 1,00,000 Islamic scholars from across the country are set to deliver a set of fatwas

Apart from more than 32,000 registered Rohingyas in two refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, about three lakh of the ethnic minorities from Myanmar are living illegally in the district. The statistics came from the first round of government census, held from February 1 to 23 to identify Rohingya families in Bangladesh.

Golam Faizullah Fahim, one of the three attackers who badly hacked a Madaripur college teacher on Wednesday, has admitted to be a member of banned militant outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir, says the district police chief.

Police yesterday claimed to have arrested an alleged operative of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) who they said directly took part in the murder attempt on publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul last year.

Bangladesh has made good progress in two of the eight nutrition indicators -- stunting and child overweight -- but is slipping back in exclusive breast feeding while doing badly in the rest five indicators, according to this year's Global Nutrition Report (GNR).

Transhipment of goods inaugurated yesterday by Bangladesh and India promises to boost both the economies by promoting trade and movement of people.

With tanners dithering over relocation of their factories to Savar, the High Court yesterday ordered the owners of 154 tanneries in the capital's Hazaribagh to pay Tk 50,000 each a day in compensation for damaging the environment in the area.

An MP has died after she was shot and stabbed during an attack in her constituency, police have said.

The head Hindu priest of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission in the capital has received a threat on his life.

A college teacher was badly hacked inside his home in Madaripur yesterday, amid a countrywide crackdown against militants and criminals.

This year's minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 65 per head while the maximum is Tk 1,650.

The death of more than 1,100 garment workers in Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 had shocked the world's conscience. The man-made disaster tainted the country's image abroad.

The ship floated idly in the sea for four days after being caught in bureaucratic red-tape, survived storms and overcame other obstacles that the crew declined to share.

In the face of heavy criticism over the mass arrests across the country, police now say their weeklong special crackdown will focus on militants only.

Salma has yet to get accustomed to the fact that something bad could happen to her son Ratan.

The political parties of the country tend to not desert their rowdy activists rather they are largely depended on them, which is a major obstacle to the nurturing of a fair political culture, observed the High Court in a verdict yesterday.

The High Court yesterday confirmed the death penalty of six persons, including a central Jubo Dal leader, for killing Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master, a decade after a trial court sentenced 22 people to death and six others to life term for the 2004 murder.

The government yesterday ordered a halt to the production at 20 drug companies for failing to comply with good