Awami League (AL)-nominated Golam Mostafa Ahmed was elected yesterday in by-polls to the Gaibandha-1 constituency, which fell

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged robber and recovered eight locally made arms and 11 bullets from his possession in Teknaf yesterday.

A protein in the venom of potentially deadly funnel web spiders could minimise the effects of brain damage after a stroke, researchers in Australia said yesterday.

A by-election will be held today in the constituency of Gaibandha-1, which fell vacant following the murder of ruling Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton in December last year.

Two of India's holiest but most polluted rivers have been recognised as a "legal person" in a landmark court ruling that could see the sacred waterways restored to health.

Bangladesh yesterday offered to host the second meeting of Bimstec's national security chiefs as the seven-nation regional group agreed to enhance cooperation to counter terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation.

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested five militants of a cell of “Sarwar-Tamim group” early yesterday on charge of planning to attack government establishments.

Researchers have found that New Zealand's kea parrot has the avian equivalent of an infectious laugh -- a call that when heard prompts others to drop everything and have some fun.

A court yesterday jailed 15 lawyers including the general secretary of Satkhira District Bar Association for going on the rampage at Satkhira Women and Children Repression Prevention Court in 2013.

Customs Intelligence yesterday seized a car, allegedly in possession of controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher, from the city's Dhanmondi for importing it dodging duty.

Mercilessly beaten up every day for over four months, he stopped feeling acute pain towards the end and sometimes thought he was dead as Libyan men took turns to hit him.

The Supreme Court yesterday released its full verdict that upheld its order confirming the death penalties of three Huji militants, including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, for the 2004 grenade attack on then UK high commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Chowdhury.

The investigation agency of the Inter-national Crimes Tribunal has found evidence against a former Bangalee army official that he worked for the Pakistan army and committed crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

The High Court yesterday issued a contempt rule against 10 government officials, including four secretaries, and a union parishad chairman for not complying with its 2011 order to demolish unauthorised structures on St Martin's Island in Cox's Bazar.

Halim Mridha, brother of Hanif Mridha who died in Rab custody hours after being detained near the spot of Friday's suspected suicide blast in Dhaka, yesterday claimed that his brother might have been killed for money.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to submit a report before it on the progress in forming an enquiry commission to

A US diplomat has been expelled from New Zealand after Washington refused to waive diplomatic immunity so police investigating a

The forest department yesterday recovered around one hectare of land from a "sadhu" living deep into the Bhawal forest in Phulanirchhit area of Gazipur's Sreepur.

Germany on Monday branded as "unacceptable" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's charge that Chancellor Angela Merkel was

Kabir Mia yesterday went to the Agargaon passport office to get his MRP but he instead ended up being detained for forgery and handed over to the Rapid Action Battalion.