A West Bengal court yesterday ordered that Bangladesh national Nur Hossain, prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case in

Amid allegations of tender manipulation, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has recommended awarding a Chinese

Brac Founder and Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has been honoured as the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate for his outstanding

Genomes of 186 Bangladeshi rice varieties have been sequenced in Beijing Genomics Institute, China as part of a global collaborative project, opening up new opportunities for varietal developments.

Killers of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi, who was shot dead in Rangpur's Alutari village on October 3, appeared to have used a bus as a

Panam in ruins

Number of undernourished people in Bangladesh has remained almost static in recent years despite the country's commendable improvement in food security status since 1990.

Arrested Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh leader Tariqul Islam Tareque himself slew former Power Development Board chairman Khijir Khan for religious and ideological differences, detectives claimed yesterday.

The government yesterday appealed to the Supreme Court to set a date to hold as early as possible the hearings on the review petitions submitted by war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Looking pale and puzzled, he kept his head down most of the time.

Aggrieved by the arrest of MP Manjurul Islam Liton, several hundred Awami League men in Gaibandha yesterday besieged the entrance of local administration offices and the court at the district headquarters, demanding his unconditional release.

Even after injuring four people by hitting two rickshaws with an SUV, all that the underage driver apparently cared about was “the stuff” he had kept in the vehicle.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday said investigators found "not even the slightest" militant link with the murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella.

"We are very close [to unravelling the mystery] and we hope to let you know about the progress soon. Just wait a bit."

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that had halted VAT collection on tuition fees paid to English

Following the recent pay hike for government employees, salaries of the president, prime minister, ministers and lawmakers are also

For Zahir Uddin Sardar, the memory burns like fire.

The government will form in a month a separate commission to recruit teachers at the non-government educational institutions in order to curb corruption in the recruitment process.

Detectives detained Gaibandha-1 lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in the capital's Uttara last night, hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way for his arrest in two cases filed for shooting a 10-year-old boy and vandalising a house in Gaibandha.

Police are playing a dubious role in taking legal actions against Fareez Rahman, a former Awami League lawmaker's nephew whose