A group of foreign diplomats including US and EU ambassadors has emphasised on the de-escalation of political conflict for the sake of human rights and democracy in Bangladesh.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says foreign powers are behind the BNP-Jamaat's ongoing hartals, blockade and violence,

(SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed following extension hartal.

Chittagong Bar Association decided that the lawyers in Chittagong will attend courts for three hours during hartal days, a meeting of the Chittagong Bar Association decided

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed two separate petitions with the High Court seeking stay on arrest warrants against her in two corruption cases.

Hartal by 20 party alliance has been extended till 6:00am Friday demanding fresh election under a non-party administration

Shafiur Rahman Farabi has been placed on 10-day remand in sensational murder case of writer-blogger Avijit Roy

WHILE the proxy war rages between Russia and “little Russia,” the bigger question for Ukraine is to avoid economic collapse. Without a stable economy, it cannot defend itself against external circumstances.

I would wish these pages were not only an anthology of eye-witness accounts. People of my generation have experienced enough horror to be, alas! no longer shocked. And human nature is such that it is rare that horror does not breed horror.

EVEN with all our differences, the nation is united in mourning the merciless killing of 42 year-old free thinker, prominent writer, engineer, humanist and blogger, Avijit Roy. Avijit, author of at least seven books, wrote extensively on promoting secular freedom and spoke openly about his religious beliefs.

INDIA'S Foreign Secretary Subrahmaniam Jaishankar will visit Bangladesh from today on his tour of Saarc members aimed at “getting to know Saarc countries” as part of active Indian diplomacy.

AS President Yahya flew out of Dacca on the night of March 25 he took with him the last hopes of a united Pakistan. For the final two days he had been holed up in the Dacca cantonment with the junta of generals who rule Pakistan, putting the finishing touches to Operation Genocide.

It seems there is no end to sensational news from Bangladesh. Smack on the face of the dramatic revelation of the phone conversations of a civil society stalwart that shook the society, came the horrific news of a most brutal killing of an activist writer in public view. His offense was seemingly his writings that advocated tolerance, freedom from bigotry of all kinds, love and respect for all humans, and above all a just society.

THE brouhaha in Bangladesh about Mamata Banerjee's recent visit is astounding. The widest possible media coverage of what Ms. Banerjee “assured” Bangladesh about its due share of the Teesta water -- in the most condescending manner -- is unbelievable.

Authorities withdraw policemen deployed at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan-2 residence

At least four people, including a journalist, are burnt in a firebomb attack on a bus at Banasree in Dhaka

Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.

Police arrested two persons accused in war crimes case in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar this afternoon.

A Dhaka court issued a warrant allowing police to search BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office.

Miscreants exploded six crude bombs in front of the New Market in Dhaka injuring at least three people