A top US defense official says plans are being made to temporarily house thousands of Afghans at three US military installations.

Uganda said on Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to take in temporarily 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan fleeing after the Taliban takeover.

On this day, 16 years ago, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh attacked with a violent and deadly series of bombings all over Bangladesh. In the last 16 years, scores of the militant group's members were arrested, many of their top leaders were sentenced. However, has the threat truly been neutralized?

One more person has died of dengue while a record 329 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today indicating a fast-rising trend in the disease.

One hundred and ninety-eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Biman Bangladesh has announced to resume flights to India from August 22, sources in the national airliner has said.

Abdulrahman Tayeb, a Yemeni doctor, was shocked when his hospital in southern Saudi Arabia told him his contract would not be renewed, leaving him with a difficult choice: go home to a nation at war or try to find work in another country.

Few tragedies in the history of political assassinations were as brutal as the tragedy of August 15th, 1975, which also had a profound impact in reversing the course of the nation. The Founding Father of Bangladesh was gunned down along with most of his family members present at his residence. When the murderers accomplished their mission just before the call for Fajr prayers, there lay a man who through his courage, charisma, and unprecedented sacrifice inspired a long oppressed nation -- leading to the creation of Bangladesh. World knew him as the synonym to a nation, his people adored him and history loved him. When the killers left the house at Dhanmondi 32, the address of which is inexplicably intertwined with the birth of a nation, it was completely silent -- no one left to wail.

After more than three and a half months, the High Court is going to resume hearing and disposing of anticipatory bail petitions from August 22 following health safety rules.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, in a case filed with Pallabi Police Station under the Telecommunications Act.

Activists of Adivasi Chhatra Sangram Parishad today demanded a separate human rights commission to prevent “oppression against indigenous women”.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh will remain alert about Afghan-trained terrorists though they were “identified and uprooted”.

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad thinks that the number of all-rounders available at his disposal will be the biggest strength of his team in October-November's T20 World Cup in Oman and UAE. 

The starting date of admission tests of Rajshahi University (RU) for the academic session 2020-2021 has been rescheduled to October 4 by the university authorities.

A US military cargo plane, with the capacity to carry 150 people, evacuated some 640 Afghans from Kabul late Sunday.

The High Court today (Tuesday) directed the authorities concerned to conduct an inquiry into the corruption allegations against Southeast Bank Chairman Alamgir Kabir.

The United States must do more to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the county falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency visas, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said.

An unnamed woman has sued folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan alleging he sexually abused her after giving her drugs and alcohol in 1965 when she was 12 years old.

Customers have filed a case against owners and staff of e-commerce platform E-orange for reportedly embezzling around Tk 1,100 crore by not delivering their products.

Malaysia's king met political party chiefs Tuesday as the hunt began for a new prime minister, a day after the last leader quit.