As the Jamaat-e-Islami enforces a countrywide 24-hour hartal from 5:00am today over the execution of its chief Motiur

Motiur Rahman Nizami enjoyed every opportunity to defend himself against the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Inspired by the success of the country's first commercially released biotech crop -- Bt brinjal -- in 2013, Bangladesh is now

The day started full of hope and enthusiasm for the family of Tajera Begum but turned tragic before noon.

Pakistan’s parliament passes a unanimous resolution expressing “concern” and condemns the hanging of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami. Sidewise, the country’s foreign ministry issues a statement voicing sadness over the execution. It also terms the execution “unfortunate.”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government wants to ensure education for all as no nation can prosper without education.

India’s foreign secretary has arrived in Dhaka to hold discussion with Bangladesh’s high-ups on security situation and bilateral issues.

Mark Davis, coach of Sussex County Cricket Club, wants the latest bowling sensation of Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman to play the NatWest T20 Blast, and then remain at the club until late August to play in the Royal London One-Day Cup.

A GPA-5 scorer is killed in a clash centering a cricket match in Mirpur area of Dhaka, hours before the SSC results were published.

The US Department of State’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs William E Todd will lead an interagency delegation on a visit to Bangladesh.

A tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict any day in the case against three Habiganj men who are facing four charges of crimes against humanity they allegedly committed during the 1971 Liberation War.

Police presses charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 23 others in two cases filed for arson attacks in Darussalam area of Dhaka.

Five people including a teacher of Kushtia’s Islami University are killed and 28 injured in separate road accidents in Magura and Manikganj.

Executed Jamaat ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami is buried at his village home in Santhia upazila in Pabna. Relatives and a few locals attended his namaz-e-janaza held at a madrasa at Monmothpur before he was buried around 7:15am.

A total of 88.29 percent students pass this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, which is 1.25 percentage points higher than that of last year.

State Minister for Social Welfare Promod Mankin dies of cancer while undergoing treatment at a hospital in India. He was 77.

Despite a superb six-wicket haul by leg-spinner Adam Zampa, Rising Pune Supergiants suffer a narrow four-run loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad to end their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage.

As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her

The government has taken up a project to dredge the Pashur river so that coal-laden vessels from India can travel through it to Rampal Power Plant to be set up only 14 kilometres away from the Sundarbans.

Indian Foreign Secretary Subramanyam Jaishankar arrives in Dhaka this afternoon to convey New Delhi's full support to