For 91 days from January 5 to April 5 last year, there was hardly a single day when innocent people were not burnt to death or injured in arson attacks on public transports. Some lost their loved ones, others their lone bread earners during the longest spell of horror allegedly carried out by the BNP-led coalition, protesting the January 5, 2014, elections.

The chirping sound of migratory birds pierces the silence at Char Moazzin in Patuakhali district.

Streaming pioneer Netflix significantly expanded its global footprint making its Internet TV service available in 130 new markets, including Bangladesh.

The first phase of three day-long Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after the Hajj, begins on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur today.

For 91 days from January 5 to April 5 last year, there was hardly a single day when innocent people were not burnt to death or injured in arson attacks on public transports. Some lost their loved ones, others their lone bread earners during the longest spell of horror allegedly carried out by the BNP-led coalition, protesting the January 5, 2014, elections.

Ending its 17-year ties with the BNP-led alliance, a faction of the Islami Oikya Jote led by Abdul Latif Nejami yesterday quit the combine. Nejami, chairman of the Qawmi madrasa-based IOJ's faction, made the announcement at its triennial council at the capital's Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh. Talking to The Daily Star, several leaders of the Islamist party faction said they had no alternative but to quit the BNP-led alliance, as the government put “huge pressure” on them to quit the opposition combine.

For 91 days from January 6 to April 4 last year, there was hardly a single day when innocent people were not burnt to death or injured in arson attacks on public transports.

A bumper production of betel nut and a fair price for the produce have put a big smile on the growers' faces in Ukhia

All eyes are set on the Supreme Court which delivers today the verdict on the appeal filed by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging his death penalty.

Bitterly criticising the BNP for its violent agitation last year, the ruling Awami League has called on its political foe to return to peaceful politics.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged the government to open talks with all political parties to find a solution to the “ongoing political crisis and restore democracy” in the country.

“For each phensedyl bottle we carry over the border,” says drug mule Robiul Islam, 24, of Lalmonirhat sadar upazila's Mogholhat, “we are paid 20 taka.”

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal would start a probe against 195 Pakistani prisoners of war (POWs) whenever it found a “suitable environment” and “directives from the high-ups.”

A man and a woman from two different countries can make a happy family if they respect each other's culture and values.

Even after four decades of independence, Bangladesh has failed to establish strong democratic institutions, and this remains a major impediment to the building of a liberal democratic culture, says a study report of BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).

Law enforcers for the first time found a semi-automatic sniper rifle from a den of militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), police say. Detectives in Chittagong raided a rented flat of JMB regional commander at Amanbazar on the city outskirts early yesterday and recovered the MK-11 semiautomatic sniper rifle. According to Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner Abdul Jalil, neither police nor Rab use this rifle in Bangladesh.

A hall room of Scholastica was abuzz with excitement as students were waiting yesterday to meet Bangladesh-origin British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, a former student of the school.

Chhatra League leader Saifuzzaman Sohag, who allegedly was picked up from his Rajshahi home 14 days ago, has been found in Chittagong.

A Pakistani female diplomat was withdrawn from Bangladesh yesterday, weeks after allegations of her involvement in terror financing surfaced in the judicial statement of an Islamist militant.

Just two days before Christmas, Bishop Bejoy D'Cruze, a top spiritual leader of Christians in the country, received a death threat via text message on Tuesday night, a continuation of acts of terrorising the community leaders since early October.