In a historic first for the country's professional football league, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will get underway outside the capital.

Bangladesh's strength and conditioning coach Mario Villavarayan says that it will take Mustafizur Rahman one month to recover from the hamstring and ankle injuries he picked up during IPL 2016.

The number of total pending cases lying with the High Court Division till March 31, 2016 were 3,99,303, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

Police claims detention of 10 suspected militants on the sixth day of the nationwide crackdown on militancy.

BNP is to hold a countrywide demonstration on Saturday protesting arrest of “innocents and party activists” during police’s countrywide crackdown.

Chittagong-based lawmaker from the ruling Awami League Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury secures bail after he surrendered before a court in a case filed over assaulting an election official.

The country saw loss of 145 lives in violence throughout the six phases of partisan union parishad elections, a civil body platform says.

Ramkarishna Mission staff in Dhaka receives death threats through a letter allegedly sent yesterday by militants.

Remains of a local BNP leader is recovered in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia last night, a year after he was abducted from the district.

Detectives claim arrest of 21 members of a doping gang and recovered foods mixed with sedative medicines from different parts of Dhaka.

A listed extortionist is killed in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said a “gunfight” between the elite force members and his cohorts at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka.

In reality, the expected gas richness has not been visible because of the lack of exploration. Far more exploration needs to be carried out in order to unravel its true gas potential.

Awami League general secretary and Minister for Public Administration Syed Ashraful Islam left Dhaka for London today to take part in an international conference there.

Referring to Syed Ashraf’s accusation, Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu says that this was not the time to “throw mud” at the 14-party alliance or to dig out history, but it was the time to focus on combating against militancy.

A female model allegedly commits suicide after a quarrel with her husband in Mohakhali area of Dhaka.

A college teacher is critically injured by unknown criminals in Madaripur Sadar upazila this afternoon.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government has continued its repression on journalists and threats to the media.

Blaming a faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) for creating anarchy in post-independence Bangladesh, BNP today says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu should be brought to justice for that.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that no one has been detained in the ongoing crackdown against militancy with any political motive.

High Court upholds death penalty for six persons who were convicted earlier of assassinating Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master in Tongi near the capital, Dhaka, in 2004.