The amount of undisclosed money legalised in fiscal 2014-15 surged to Tk 676.87 crore from Tk 176 crore in the previous year, according to the National Board of Revenue.

In the wake of the recent murder of two foreigners, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for national unity to tackle militancy and extremism in the country. His Awami League counterpart Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif, however, outright dismissed any such possibility, once again exposing the deep division between the two rival parties.

The number of Bangladeshi pilgrims who died in last month's stampede during Hajj has risen to 63.

Lingering shortage of train operators and other essential staff for the past two decades has hobbled the services of Bangladesh Railway, the largest public transport sector in the country. Years of attrition, corruption, interference in appointments from powerful quarters and legal wrangling are responsible for the sorry state of the once most effective and cheap transport system for millions.

The bad news just keeps coming for Sepp Blatter after FIFA provisionally suspended the president of football's world governing body.

Despite the recent safety and security measures for foreigners in Bangladesh, countries like the UK, Australia, and Canada are still advising their citizens to maintain “high degree of caution” in their travel alerts.

A temporary staff at a Dhaka court sent fake bail orders to Dhaka Central Jail authorities for five months till June to have released at least 70 accused in cases over illegal trade of drugs, and arms and ammunition.

Since September last year, about 15 suspects have been arrested for “having or trying to establish contacts” with Islamic State (IS), according to police press releases and briefings at different times.

The US-Bangla Dash-8 was taxiing towards the runway at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for its domestic flight to Chittagong when the cabin crew discovered something odd. The plane has 72 seats and there had been 71 boarding cards issued, yet all the seats were occupied.

Claiming that a vested quarter was behind the recent planned killing of two foreigners, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said no one will be able to destabilise the country by carrying out such activities.

Bangladeshi rice scientists are all set to conduct field tests of the world's first vitamin A-enriched rice, popularly known as Golden Rice, before taking the variety to production phase. The success in vitamin A-rich rice comes in quick succession of the world's first three zinc-rich rice varieties that Bangladesh released over the last couple of years.

What happens when a train driver is fatigued, having worked late into the night, and has a train to drive in the morning?

“If these two cases [on the murders of Italian and Japanese nationals] are not solved, we are in the tunnel of trouble.”

Issuing an ultimatum to the government, protesting teachers of public universities yesterday threatened to go for an indefinite work stoppage from November 1 if their demands are not met by the end of this month.

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday suggested greater coordination among all intelligence and law enforcement agencies with a lead agency at the helm to effectively fight extremism in Bangladesh.

An operative of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh was killed, while in custody of the detectives, in a grenade explosion in the port city early yesterday.

A simple and quiet life Hoshi Kunio lived in Bangladesh. He would always greet whoever approached him with a placid smile on his face.

A Rangpur court yesterday placed two people on 10 days' remand in connection with the murder of Japanese citizen, with cops claiming to have made a “major breakthrough” in the case.

Amid strong demand by diplomats for additional security to their citizens following the murder of an Italian and a Japanese man, the government yesterday announced that every possible step has been taken to ensure full safety of foreign nationals, including those in remote areas.

A former chairman of the Power Development Board was murdered at his Madhya Badda house in the capital yesterday.