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.

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.

Customs officials of Chittagong Port yesterday halted the delivery of three containers for false declaration, as unknown

Demonstrators will enforce a strike in all educational institutions today for their four-point demands including fresh

Altercations and scuffles between passengers and transport workers in buses running on different routes in Chittagong city marked the first day the "new fare rate" set by the government became effective.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent suspended national cricketer Shahadat Hossain to jail after he surrendered before it seeking bail in a case filed for torturing his 11-year-old domestic help.

With no visible progress in the Kunio Hoshi murder case, police have yet to gather some vital pieces of evidence.

Japan's top government spokesman yesterday expressed outrage over the killing of a Japanese citizen who was shot to death by unidentified assailants in Rangpur on Saturday.

Vouching for concerted effort to combat terrorism and violent extremism, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat said the US is determined to work together with its partners for the safety and security of their countries.

Over 3,000 workers of two RMG factories blocked the road in Chittagong city's Sher Shah for around two-and-a-half hours yesterday afternoon demanding Eid bonuses equivalent to their full basic salaries.

Two Bangladeshi social action projects are amongst the first 17 organisations to receive a grant from The Queen's Young Leaders Programme through which

Special Envoy to the Prime Minister HM Ershad yesterday criticised the Awami League (AL)-led government for the “breakdown of law and order” and for failing to serve the constitutional duty of ensuring security, especially of foreigners.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has tightened security for foreign citizens living in the city.

Six educationists got “World Teachers' Day Award” yesterday for their contributions to education and research in the country.

The United States yesterday said it has taken seriously the reported Islamic State claims of killing two foreigners in Bangladesh.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to the government seeking a judicial inquiry in 24 hours into the custodial death of a University Grants Commission (UGC) official.

Gaibandha-1 MP Manzurul Islam Liton yesterday surrendered two licensed firearms to police, a day after he allegedly shot a 10-year-old boy.

Armed criminals shot to death a Japanese national in Rangpur yesterday, just five days after an Italian aid worker was murdered in the capital's Diplomatic zone. Victim Hoshi Kunio, 66, was gunned down around 10:00am when he was going by a rickshaw to his farmland at Alutari under the district's Kaunia upazila, police said, quoting witnesses.

As part of yearly event, a 100-member youth delegation from Bangladesh will pay an eight-day visit to India beginning

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday in Chittagong University said the judiciary of the country is fully