Most of our greatest politicians were parliamentarians like AK Fazlul Huq, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Dhirendranath Datta, Ataur Rahman Khan, not to mention Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Tajuddin Ahmad, Syed Nazrul Islam, M Mansur Ali and many others.

A feeling of being watched would take over once you step on the premises of Piyar Sattar Latif High School at Kallyandi, a remote village in Narayanganj.

The parents of Sohagi Jahan Tonu called for the immediate arrest of her rapists and killers yesterday, a day after the CID

The Supreme Court yesterday expressed dismay at the government's unwillingness to implement the 15 directives issued by the High Court 13 years ago to stop policemen making arbitrary arrests on suspicion and torturing arrestees on remand.

"We are now living in such a country and society where punishment is awarded to the victims, not to the perpetrators.”

“Insulting him in front of people was a condemnable act. It is very unfortunate, unacceptable and inhuman. We are very shocked."

Washington yesterday reassured Dhaka about extending all-out assistance in countering violent extremism and terrorism before it took root in Bangladesh.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury and his associate Asaduzzaman Miah on a seven-day remand in

With all the previous efforts to save Buriganga river going in vain, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday came up with a plan to revive the river.

In the wake of severe criticism on social media, the education ministry has launched a probe into the incident of public humiliation of a headmaster in Narayanganj for his alleged derogatory comments on religion.

Sohagi Jahan Tonu was raped before she was murdered.

“The delay in identifying the perpetrators of Tonu murder has raised doubts in public mind as to whether the real culprits would be brought to justice.”

The government will have to spend more money from the public exchequer on the salaries and perks of the 222 public servants who got promotion over the last three days, but who will continue to do their same old job.

BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury, who had drawn controversy after meeting an Israeli political leader in India early this month, was arrested by detectives in the capital yesterday.

Police have arrested a man in Kushtia who according to the law enforcers had given a firearm to the killers of USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tonoy.

A government committee probing the Bangladesh Bank heist has held SWIFT responsible for weakening the payment system which allowed cyber thieves to steal $81 million from the central bank's account with the New York Fed.

The police have detained three people, including two women, for questioning about Friday's arms robbery at the Ansar

“The party in power, whichever party it is, remains in the forefront of grabbing land and properties of minorities."

Wasfia Nazreen, the first Bangladeshi to have climbed the Seven Summits, has brought another international accolade home.

A Bangladeshi-born British man who plotted an Islamic State-inspired attack on US military personnel based in England was on