Seeking votes for her party in the upcoming election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Awami League should stay in power at least for five more years so that no one can hamper the country's current pace of progress.

The Jatiya Oikyafront has come up with several laudable promises in its manifesto, but making good on the pledges would be a big challenge, if the alliance comes to power, said experts.

Saudi Arabia yesterday slammed as "interference" US Senate resolutions over its war in Yemen and critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder, warning that the move could have repercussions on its strategic ties with Washington.

Indian police yesterday detained separatist leaders in the disputed Kashmir region and sealed off roads in an effort to stifle protests against the killing of civilians on the weekend.

A young man reportedly died by suicide after killing his wife and two minor children at Debpur village in Chandpur early yesterday.

People across the country experienced light rain, along with chilly wind, as impact of the cyclonic storm “Phethai” forming over the West-central Bay and the adjoining South-western Bay.

Luring jobseekers to work independently and earn more abroad, brokers charge them high recruitment fees to have “free visas”.

Dutch ranger Andre Donker sighs as he looks out at the rippling grey waters of the Markermeer, one of Europe's largest freshwater lakes. "Once upon a time it was teeming with fish here," he says.

A primary schoolgirl aged about 11 was found with her throat slit in her room at Baroipara village of Rajshahi's Paba upazila early yesterday.

Labour rights bodies have hit out at Malaysia's human resources ministry's proposal for employers to deduct 20 percent of foreign workers' basic salaries to prevent them from fleeing.

One of the taglines in the advertisement campaign for a series between Bangladesh and West Indies would very likely have been 'anything's possible' because they are two of the more mercurial teams in world cricket.

A rifle slung on her back, grenades stashed in her pockets, and a five-month-old baby in her arms was how freedom fighters in the Sundarbans witnessed as Khurshid Jahan joined them in the Liberation War in 1971.

The BNP yesterday demanded immediate deployment of armed forces members, alleging that the government did not want the party to stay in the polls race and police were acting as its opposition.

The US House of Representatives has called on the Trump administration to determine whether the Myanmar military's action in the Rakhine State in 2017 can be constituted crime against humanity and genocide, and to impose additional sanctions on senior members of the military and security forces responsible for it.

Sri Lanka's president yesterday reappointed as prime minister the same man he sacked from the job nearly two months ago, ending a power struggle that paralysed the island nation.

A series of very public sackings, suspensions and departures suggests that Britain's finance world is waking up to the toxic implications of sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace.

Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday expressed “sincere regret” for his sharp reaction to some reporters' queries regarding the combine's position on Jamaat-e-Islami.

The ruling Awami League yesterday suspended one of its leaders in Kurigram for working against its candidate and also warned rebels about organisational action if they did not quit the election race.

Google users in Bangladesh have been facing difficulties in using the tech giant's services, such as Gmail, Google Ads, Google drive and its cloud services, for a week as a direct consequence of the government blocking some websites and links, industry insiders said.

Hundreds of passengers had to go through immense sufferings in the long queue of vehicles at Shimulia ferry Ghat since Friday morning.