The government yesterday dismissed the United Nations' claim of the war crimes trial in Bangladesh being unfair, saying its recent statement was highly disturbing.

In a second attack on Shia Muslims in just over a month, armed assailants yesterday stormed a Shia mosque in Shibganj upazila and opened fire on praying people, killing one and injuring three others. The dead is Moazzem Hossain, 70, of Haripur. He was a farmer and also muezzin of the mosque. It was not clear who carried out the attack or why. Police said they were looking into the incident.

It will not be good for the country if everyone starts saying that there is IS in Bangladesh, said Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq yesterday.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday evening said he had not talked to Indian English daily The Hindu, let alone tell it that “two IS assassins sought by Bangladesh for the October 3 murder of Japanese agro-researcher Kunio Hoshi, have crossed over to India”.

Police have shown “extreme inefficiency and negligence” in investigating a case filed over rape of a student of Viqarunnisa Noon School, a Dhaka court observes while delivering verdict in the case.

Pakistan's top rights activist Asma Jahangir has blasted the Pakistan government for demonstrating “disproportionately high passion” against the execution of two top war criminals in Bangladesh.

A mobile court came under attack allegedly by pharmacy owners and staff during a drive against unauthorised drugs on Chittagong

The High Court yesterday directed the government to continue sufficient supply of gas to the households in Dhaka.

Grameenphone, country's largest mobile phone operator, will bring 30 percent of its base stations under solar solution by the next year as part of the expansion of their green initiatives.

Fashion Craft Knitwear Ltd was closed yesterday for an indefinite period at Ashulia, outside the capital, amid its workers' demonstration

A residential female student of City University in Khagan of Savar died on Sunday night allegedly due to negligence of the university authorities.

Opposition Leader and Jatiya Party presidium member Raushan Ershad last night told parliament that Bangladesh was the world's safest country for foreigners for they were respected and provided security.

A Dhaka court yesterday could not decide whether to frame charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, the son of an Awami League lawmaker, over the killing of two people in the capital as he was not produced before it due to security reasons.

Activists of Gonojagoron Mancha will hold a rally this afternoon celebrating the execution of two war criminals Al Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Class-V students of schools and madrasas across the country will sit for the primary and ebtedai terminal examinations in 7,052 centres this morning.

A career summit was organised in the capital yesterday aiming to connect Bangladeshi graduates who studied in the UK

The authorities of Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar outside the capital yesterday released two patients who

Some public servants of Chittagong yesterday made a six-point demand including reinstating selection grade and time

Maulana Bhashani’s political pedagogy of emancipation provides essential lessons on anti-imperialism, grassroots empowerment, and democratic accountability today.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) yesterday halted ferry service on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route