BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home last evening after staying in the UK for more than two months for medical treatment and spending time with her family members there.

Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged early today for committing crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War. The two walked the gallows around 12:55am together at Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security, Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, inspector general (prisons), told The Daily Star.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh as an independent country would live in the community of nations as a victorious one.

His ruthless militia systematically rounded up, tortured and killed the nation's brightest luminaries one by one towards the end of the

The road leading to Dhaka Central Jail from Chawkbazar was made off limits to public around 8:00pm yesterday. All shops in nearby

Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was an embodiment of the hatred and brutality the country suffered during the Liberation War.

They both came from political families and eventually rose to the top echelon in their parties. They adopted anti-liberation stance and

“It's a great pleasure to feed the fish each day,” says an enthusiastic Kajol Rani Howlader of Choupala Bazar in Jhalakathi sadar upazila, standing beside an unlikely fish enclosure built on swampy, disused land. “We have thousands of fish and after throwing feed, there are so many that anybody can touch them,” she says.

At least 27 people were reported dead yesterday after Malian commandos stormed a hotel seized by Islamist gunmen to rescue 170 people, many of them foreigners, trapped in the building.

Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.

None of the condemned war criminals -- Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury -- have yet informed the authorities whether they would seek presidential clemency, sources in Dhaka Central Jail said yesterday.

With the municipal polls about a month away, grassroots leaders of the ruling Awami League are posing as each other's rivals for mayoral posts at many municipalities.

The BNP is worried about finding suitable candidates for the upcoming municipality polls as over 500 of its prospective contenders

In the latest edition of its propaganda magazine, terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks on two foreigners

World powers are poised to forge a single resolution at the United Nations Security Council to declare a common war against ISIS and

The country is set to celebrate Armed Forces Day today to mark the founding of army, navy and air force during the Liberation War.

The BNP yesterday demanded that the government beef up security for Khaleda Zia upon her arrival in Bangladesh in view of what it said “deterioration” in law and order.

The Supreme Court rejected the review petitions of Salauddin and Mojaheed, as it did not find any error or illegality in its earlier judgments that upheld their death sentences.

“He [Salauddin Quader Chowdhury] has a commitment to the independence and sovereignty of the country. He is a clean and honest politician. He … never compromised on the question of democracy."

Pacific-rim nations closed ranks against terrorism yesterday at the end of a summit that was darkened by last week's attacks in Paris, but still Washington and Moscow sparred over how to deal with Syria and the Islamic State fighters sheltering there.