US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat says the US, Bangladesh and India will join efforts in countering violent extremism and terrorism.

Government approves a draft law with a provision of jail term and fine for a person who is affected with transmitted disease but does not undergo medical detection procedure.

Foreign ministry hands ‘strongly-worded’ protest letter to Pakistan envoy in protest against the country’s statement on Supreme Court verdict dismissing the review plea of condemned war criminal and Jamaat leader Nizami. Bangladesh terms the May 6 Pakistan statement "unacceptable".

Hours after Supreme Court released its full verdict dismissing condemned war criminal Nizami’s review plea, authorities of Dhaka jail, where he had been kept, reads out the verdict to him.

In the highest scoring match of the day, Victoria Sporting Club pile up 270 for 3 on the back of Mominul Haque’s maiden ton in the ongoing DPL after Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club captain Farhad Reza elected to field first at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah.

A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

Activists have demanded that the government increase budgetary allocation for migrants and their families in the upcoming national budget of 2016-17.

India's Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to meet the government high officials to discuss Bangladesh’s security and other bilateral issues.

Print media owners yesterday urged the government for withdrawal of all duty and VAT on newsprint import to facilitate the industry to sustain the rising operating costs.

Mangoes have been falling off trees due to a prolonged drought-like situation in Chapainawabganj, the highest

Little did Miraj Munshi know about the misfortune that would befall him. With hopes for a better future, the 35-year-old migrant worker from Comilla joined a construction company in Malaysia in the first week of March.

To conserve and boost marine fish stock, the government this year has decided to impose a ban on fishing by

Two Chhatra League men forced all the students out of a classroom except for one girl, shut the door and allegedly abused her verbally and physically.

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday voiced concerns about the government move to set up a “media monitoring cell”,

He was apparently framed twice -- when he was alive and then after his death.

A transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun will take place this afternoon and be visible from Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh's 44-year history, sporting success has not been a regular tonic for the hardships the average person

In order to develop spinners in Bangladesh's domestic circuit, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is trying to arrange a camp where turners from all over the country will be coached by 'high profile spinners' from abroad.

Expressing frustration over a statement made by Pakistan about the apex court verdict on condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami, Dhaka yesterday asked Islamabad to stop interfering in Bangladesh's internal affairs.

The government yesterday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court verdict that scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment empowering parliament to impeach its judges for misconduct or incapacity.