Bangladesh would request repatriation of top criminals hiding in India at the home secretary-level meeting between the two countries beginning in Dhaka today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the hardworking and resilient people of Bangladesh will be the "development miracle" in near future if they get support from her development partners.

The government yesterday sought more support from international partners to help attain its ambitious development goals for the next five years and beyond, while donors pointed out three major challenges facing Bangladesh. Bangladesh has to raise its investment-GDP ratio to accelerate economic growth to 7-8 percent from the average of 6 percent, said Martin Rama, chief economist for South Asia at the World Bank, speaking at the Bangladesh Development Forum 2015.

Bangladesh is deeply shocked by the series of terrorist attacks in Paris and has expressed solidarity with France in the fight against

Mourners across the globe reacted to the attacks in Paris with tears, shows of solidarity and condemnations of those who carried out the assaults

Claiming responsibility for the assault on Paris, the Islamic State jihadist group has said the Friday's attacks are just the “beginning of the storm”.

In a wave of bombings and shootings across Paris, gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least 129 people at a concert hall, restaurants and the national sports stadium yesterday, the deadliest day of attacks in France since World War II. Eight militants, all wearing suicide vests, brought unprecedented violence to the streets of the French capital.

Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party yesterday clinched enough seats in parliament to elect a president and form a government when incoming lawmakers convene next year.

Unidentified criminals hacked a khadem of a mazar at Hatikhana in the district's Saidpur municipality area on Thursday evening.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged people to remain alert against the anti-liberation forces that are “out on a killing mission to undermine Bangladesh globally”.

Rab personnel yesterday detained three more persons in Chapainawabganj for their alleged links with the killing of Japanese national

For about 18 months, Noorjahan had been waiting to face Nur Hossain.

Their deep anger, kept dormant for 18 months, burst out the moment the microbus carrying Nur Hossain stopped before a Narayanganj court yesterday afternoon. "We want Nur Hossain to hang," "We want his remand" -- were two of the slogans that reverberated through the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court as the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj was produced there around 2:30pm amid tight security.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said all the fugitive criminals hiding abroad, including the convicted killers of Bangabandhu

The news of bringing Nur Hossain back from India has made the families of the Narayanganj seven-murder victims hopeful about justice.

Field-level officers of Dhaka Metropolitan Police have been instructed to ensure security to people who are under threat.

The BNP will put up resistance if the government attempts to remove the grave of party founder Ziaur Rahman from Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area.

A certain group has been planning subversive and terror activities to “free war criminals now under trial”, said a recent intelligence report.

The government last night brought back Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj, from India. A team of police took Nur in its custody after the Indian Border Security Force handed him over to the Border Guard Bangladesh at Benapole around 11:30pm, said Superintendent of Police Khandaker Muhit of Narayanganj. A microbus carrying the police and BGB personnel entered India and drove for about 10 minutes until it met a BSF vehicle, reports our Benapole correspondent.

Renewing her allegation that Khaleda Zia wants to tarnish the country's image by killing foreigners, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said people won't allow conspirators to make the country a terrorist state.