City dwellers in Dhaka and elsewhere witness lax hartal on the fifth day of a fresh spell of 120-hour nationwide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance

The number of people affected by river flooding worldwide could nearly triple in the next 15 years

A former Royal Marine became the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia

Condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman will file review petition with Supreme Court tomorrow against its verdict that upheld his death penalty

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials are likely to visit Dhaka this week to help in the Avijit murder investigation, according to a senior police official.

Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to come to Dhaka later this week to help with the investigations of murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, according to police

Online registration for Bangladeshi women seeking overseas jobs, particularly in Saudi Arabia, will begin Thursday.

Rail communications between Sylhet and Dhaka resumes after 4hours of disruption following derailment of freight train carrying oil in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj

Court officials cannot tell when a gold smuggler was punished last time. What they can tell though that there is no such instance in the past 10 years. This, they say, has contributed to the recent surge in the smuggling of the yellow metal.

In an overnight raid yesterday, the Rapid Action Battalion seized a huge cache of explosives and bombs from a militant hideout at Halishahar in Chittagong.

The United Nations and the USA have strongly condemned the killing of blogger Avijit Roy and expressed the hope that the perpetrators will be quickly brought to justice through a transparent process of law.

Sammilita Sangskritik Jote will go for a mass hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, protesting the ongoing killings, destruction and anarchy on the street, on March 6

Another round of 72-hour hartal starts tomorrow morning and it is likely to leave the SSC exam schedule in tatters, inflict further loses to businesses, and hurt the economy and the livelihoods of people.

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday said eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna should be arrested and tried for “treason”.

Pakistan government tightens cellphone control, making sure the name, number and fingerprints of Pakistani citizens are on record

Miscreants set fire to a land office in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni

Seven more bodies floating kilometres downstream from the site of Sunday's launch accident in the Padma were recovered yesterday, raising the death toll to 78.

The government defers tomorrow’s SSC examination to March 7 (Saturday) due to the BNP-led 20-party alliance's ongoing countrywide hartal

Customs intelligence detain two passengers and seize 161 gold bars, weighing over 18 kilogrammes, from their possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka

Amnesty International urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in situations of mass atrocities