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.

Unidentified criminals hacked a khadem of a mazar to death in Choita intersection area under Kaunia upazila in Rangpur district Tuesday night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged judges to consider the seriousness of the crimes before granting bail to a person accused of militancy.

What Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta said about the TIB five years ago and what he is saying about it now are very significant.

The Transparency International Bangladesh has never aimed to tarnish the dignity of the House, rather it helps boost people's confidence in parliament.

The fight against rising extremism sees no results mainly for three reasons -- problems within law enforcement agencies, poor political will of the government and a general inability of the masses and even a section of law enforcers to separate religion from radicalism.

In a major boost to bilateral security cooperation, Bangladesh handed over top Ulfa leader Anup Chetia to India yesterday, 18 years after his arrest in Dhaka for trespassing. Chetia, a founding member of one of India's top insurgent groups United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), had been in prison since his arrest in Mohammadpur on December 21, 1997.

A man hacked a member of military police with a sharp weapon at a checkpost of Dhaka Cantonment in the capital's Kachukhet yesterday morning.

Blasting the Amnesty International over a statement on war crimes trial, the government has demanded the rights watchdog withdraw the statement immediately and apologise for its highly objectionable pronouncement concerning the pro-independence forces.

In a text message yesterday, country's preeminent intellectual Professor Anisuzzaman was threatened with death.

“Turn right, baba,” the little girl sitting on the crossbar tells her father, “stop right here.” The rickshaw comes to a stop and the passenger pays the fare, to the little girl. She gives back Tk 5 as change.

Malaysian IRIS Corporation Berhad is now not paying Bangladesh about Tk 50 crore it had collected from Bangladeshi expatriates as passport fees.

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan began a new innings in his life yesterday. Shakib and his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir were blessed with a girl in the early hours of Monday.

By inviting Saarc leaders to his swearing-in ceremony one and a half years ago, Indian PM Narendra Modi had sent a message among neighbours that they would be treated with fairness and respect in his foreign policy.

“This kind of shot is daal-bhat to him. You know what is daal-bhat? It's bread and butter!”

Myanmar's ruling party conceded defeat in a general election yesterday as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.

Diseases like dengue would see rapid rise in the coming years as a result of climate change and unplanned urbanisation, health and environmental experts said.

Several lawmakers of the treasury and opposition bench yesterday demanded that the Speaker summon TIB officials immediately to the House to question them for the organisation's “derogatory remarks” on parliament. Speaking on a point of order in the House, Awami League Lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta insisted that the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has to apologise before the nation within three days.