A suspected extortionist demands toll from 15 Election Commission officials and threatens to kill them or kidnap their children if his demand goes unheeded.

The 250-bed Kushtia General Hospital cannot provide healthcare to the patients due to shortage of doctors and other staff, including technical ones.

People of Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat district have demanded stoppage of intercity trains at Panchbibi station.

A court here on Tuesday sentenced five people to jail for attacking a house in Sadar upazila in 2010.

Classmates saved a schoolgirl from child marriage in Bhandaria upazila town of the district on Tuesday.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali demands shared responsibility of all states to protect the climate and disaster-induced displaced people and mitigate their misery.

Detectives arrest a ruling Awami League MP Manzurul Islam Liton from the house of one of his relatives in Uttara of Dhaka in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy in October 2.

Law enforcers in a drive arrested a suspected human trafficker from Sonarpara area in Ukhiya upazila yesterday.

Condemned war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement that had upheld his death penalty for war crimes.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovers 60 gold bars weighing around seven kilograms in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.

Earth could warm 2.7 degrees Celsius this century, warned a review Thursday which judged national carbon-cutting pledges insufficient to stave off worst-case-scenario predictions for climate change.

New Zealand unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments.

Alleged robber was killed and another injured in a 'gunfight' between their cohorts and detectives in Comilla Sadar upazila.

The High Court rejects a writ petition challenging Sections 57 (1) and 86 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) act, terming it premature as the government is considering some steps regarding the law.

Five trafficked boys, who returned from India through Hili land port immigration post in Hakimpur upazila under the district yesterday, were handed over to their parents.

Visiting British minister of state for International Development, Desmond Swayne, announces donation of 3 million pounds to help the flood affected people in Bangladesh.

An elephant’s heart beats only 25 times a minute. Your heart usually beats between 60 to 80 times a minute

Government announces seven sanctuaries in the country—Chunti, Pablakhali, Teknaf, Sangu, Dudhpukuria-Dhopachhari and Fashiakhali and one national park (Kaptai national park) to conserve elephants and other wild life

The main reason for declining elephant population is destruction of elephants habitat and food resources by humans.

At around 300 BC, when Alexander the great came to conquer Bengal—then known as Ganga Rashtra, meaning Nation on the River Ganges, alias Gangaridai—he abandoned the idea of going further considering the military strength of the then ruler.