The United States hopes due process will be followed after an anti-corruption court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, the top US diplomat for South Asia said, several Bangladesh newspapers have reported…
The case filed with Shahbagh police station over the gruesome killing of blogger Avijit Roy on Friday morning, has been transferred to Detective Branch (DB) of police. Contacted, officer-in-charge of the Shahbagh police Sirajul Islam said the case was shifted…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday announced another spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning to press home their demands including holding a dialogue for an inclusive poll under a non-partisan government. The fresh shutdown has been called to protest…
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Friday called for a national dialogue among all the pro-liberation political parties to resolve the current crisis. Addressing a mass rally, jointly organised by the two left parties…
One Bangladeshi young man was killed and two others were injured by firing of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday morning. Members of BSF opened fire on them while they were crossing the border with cattle after purchase from…
The widow of a man killed by a masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” says she wants him caught alive.
A devastating disease that has wiped out amphibians around the world has been discovered in Madagascar, scientists report.
A Los Angeles judge has told Lindsay Lohan to do 125 more hours of community service after decreeing that activities she performed while appearing in a West End play last year did not count.
The Ansar-VDP members have been playing the pioneering role in launching social movement to accelerate rural uplift in the process of building a middle income country, speakers at a rally said here on Thursday.
Police arrested listed top terrorist Joynal Mirja, 28, accused in 22 criminal cases, including two sensational murders, from Radhaballov area in the city this afternoon, police said.
The implementation of 368 schemes under test relief programme in four upazilas of the district is nearing completion at a cost of 691 metric tons of rice.
A Digital archive of agricultural theses and journals of Bangladesh have been set up under a sub-project (CP-534) of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Prof. Dr. Md. Sekender Ali, sub project manager (SPM)…
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson on Friday expressed deep shock at the savage murder of Avijit Roy. The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh on Friday condemned the brutal assault and killing of blogger Avijit…
South Africa captain AB de Villiers hammered the second-fastest century in World Cup history as he led his side to a crushing 257-run victory over the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. De Villiers finished on an…
Four persons including a child were killed and five others injured following head-on collision between a truck and a baby taxi at Kornogop area on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Rupganj upazila this morning. The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound truck (Chuadanga…
A case has been filed at city’s Shahbagh police station this morning regarding the murder of writer and blogger Abhijit Roy last night. Prof Dr Ajoy Roy, retired professor of Dhaka University physics department, and also father of the slain…
Afghan rescuers are searching for dozens of people believed to be trapped under snow after a series of deadly avalanches north of the capital, Kabul. Officials said at least 187 people had been killed and 129 injured after homes were…
The Islamic State (IS) group has released a video appearing to show the destruction of statues in Iraq. Statues are smashed using sledgehammers and drills in what seems to be a museum in the city of Mosul. Statues are also…
Awmi League has nominated Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon as mayor candidates for Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations respectively. Online portal bdnews24.com has published a news item quoting top Ganabhaban sources about the nomination of former BGMEA chief…
A blogger was stabbed to death and his wife also was critically injured in teachers and Students center area on Dhaka University campus on Thursday night. The victim identified as Abhijit Roy (37) was the son of DU physics department…