The Awami League does not own the Olama League's demand for a ban on Pahela Baishakh celebrations, say two central leaders of the ruling party.

“The Awami League is snatching votes in elections. Its slogan is: I will cast my ballot and I will cast your ballot too.”

Bangladesh Awami Olama League, which claims to be affiliated with the ruling Awami League, yesterday called for a halt to Pahela Baishakh celebrations for what they said it being “a non-Islamic festival”.

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday expressed helplessness in removing illegal religious structures on grabbed land.

Three days after the killing of Nazim Uddin Samad, investigators are yet to make any arrests. They are still scrutinising what the secular

It is easier to make a new law than the enforcement and modification of an existing one. The proposed legislation on education is the latest glaring example of this popular saying in our country.

The strength of the police force will increase significantly with the recruitment of more than 21,000 cops by next fiscal year. The move is now awaiting a government order (GO) from the home ministry.

We have already seen that our so called “secular” government will not side with us; they will either stay quiet or support the Islamic fundamentalists.

Militant group Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility for the murder of secular online activist Nazim Uddin Samad, according to SITE

If law enforcers had sincerely probed the brutal killings of four bloggers and a publisher, Wednesday's murder of secular activist Nazim

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been formally invited to the Outreach Meeting of the G7 nations, a grouping of seven advanced economies, to be held in Japan in May.

Bangladesh Law Commission has drafted proposals for a law to criminalise the distortion or denial of any documents or events connected with our Liberation War.

The Dhaka Central Jail is set to be shifted from Nazimuddin Road to a newly built facility in Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital.

Bangladesh has acquired a several thousand square kilometres of new land over the last four decades, owing largely to deltas forming on major rivers and in the coastal areas.

The United States has condemned as “barbaric” the latest killing in Bangladesh of an outspoken opponent of radical Islam and said it is

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is in an "arms race" to keep beefing up protections against cyber threats, its president said

The first-ever fast bus lane designed to run from Dhaka airport to Gazipur will be at least 50 percent costlier with the construction expected to begin in June, four years after the government took up the project.

In spite of the recent pause in the assassination of online activists, this attack demonstrates that this new killing is clearly part of a growing trend which undermines the freedom of expression and opinion in Bangladesh.

David Cameron has admitted he did have a profitable stake in his father's offshore investment fund, before selling it for around £30,000 before he became prime minister.

Friends and well-wishers of slain secular activist Nazim Uddin Samad had conveyed him their concern over his safety, but he chose to continue his writing rather than stay silent.