“If we're to succeed in defeating terrorism, we must enlist Muslim communities as some of our strongest allies, rather than push them away through suspicion and hate."

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday prayed to the Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

For Aliza Shikder, commuting between home and office is an everyday battle.

We present this part of our rebuttal of Pakistan's insolence with descriptions of Pakistani atrocities by the US Consul General Archer K Blood in his diplomatic cables to Washington in those fateful days in 1971. Consul General Blood vividly described the Pakistan army's genocidal attack on Dhaka city on March 25-26 in his cables.

Majority of the mayor aspirants in the upcoming municipality polls are businessmen and over half of them have educational qualifications of HSC or below.

They talk about women empowerment quite often, but the two major political parties picked only a few women for mayoral posts.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to immediately remove all unauthorised structures within 10 metres of highways, restore visibility of motorists at blind curves, and install speed-limit signs to prevent road accidents. The court asked the government to have the relevant rules amended in the Highways Act, 1994, as well, so that no structures could be built within 10 metres of highways.

"I handed over power to protect the constitution and democracy."

“Right thinking people of Pakistan” acknowledge and accept the brutalities done to the people of Bangladesh during the military action in 1971, said Pakistani human rights activist Hina Jilani.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said Bangladesh was evaluating its relationship with Pakistan and thinking about measures that could be taken over Pakistan's reaction to the execution of two war criminals last month.

The government yesterday met Facebook executives for the first time to express its concerns about the negative impacts of the popular social platform and claimed that it was threatening national security.

The nomination papers of 17 mayoral candidates backed by the BNP and three endorsed by the Awami league have been declared void.

"Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you." -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. Jaflong Zero Point in Sylhet is a horrid example of how cruel man can be to nature and environment.

Communist Party of Bangladesh President Mujahidul Islam Selim received a threat on his life via email early yesterday.

The Election Commission and many returning officers (ROs) have turned a blind eye to the violations of electoral code of conduct by

We have used Pakistani sources--books written by Pakistani military officers involved in the operations in East Pakistan in 1971 and the report of a chief justice of Pakistan--to compile these reports to show the extent and complicity of the Pakistan Government and its military in the genocide, destruction, and uprooting of more than a crore Bangalis in 1971. The facts speak for themselves.

Kantaji Mandir, a national heritage site, has been hosting raaspurnima mela, an annual festival dedicated to the divine love of Lord

At least six people were injured in an explosion next to the 18th century Kantaji Mandir of Dinajpur early yesterday when spectators

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has come up with some dubious forms, asking house owners and tenants in different areas to fill in those with personal details, creating confusion and panic among the public. Police say they are doing it for security reasons. Three types of forms -- for house and flat owners, tenants, and mess owners and dwellers -- are available at the DMP headquarters and different police stations in the capital. Police members have also been going door to door, providing forms and collecting information, said DMP officials.

Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday demanded the government protect rights of the religious and ethnic