The UN human rights chief yesterday said he strongly suspected that “acts of genocide” might have taken place against Rohingyas in Rakhine since August last year.

A man was arrested for attempting an attack on ASM Feroz, chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad and Patuakhali-2 lawmaker, at Baufal upazila parishad auditorium yesterday.

A letter penned by legendary physicist Albert Einstein discussing one of his groundbreaking theories sold in Jerusalem Tuesday for over $100,000 as part of trove of documents that went under the hammer.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has asked the party men to stay united and continue the ongoing movement peacefully, said party leaders who met her at jail yesterday.

Upscale neighbourhoods in Banani, Bashundhara, Uttara, Dhanmondi, Mohakhali DOHS, and Mintoo Road are major breeding grounds of dengue and chikungunya spreading Aedes mosquitos, found a survey.

The elder brother of Foyzur Rahman fled with Foyzur's mobile phone and tab soon after the attack on Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal was carried out, counterterrorism officials said.

Skipper Mahmudullah Riyad, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, interim head coach Courtney Walsh and team manager Khaled Mahmud were seen engaged in a meeting after Bangladesh's training session at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on the eve of their first Nidahas Trophy match against India today.

His job was to ensure proper distribution of the compensation meant for land acquisition but he took it as an opportunity to make money.

A woman was found murdered inside her flat in the capital's Darussalam yesterday.

Mentioning the recent incidents of question paper leak in public examinations, President Abdul Hamid yesterday said parents want

The authorities of Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Madrasa, a Qawmi educational institution in Chittagong's Hathazari, seized around 500

Bangladesh's military has been ranked 57th on the Global Firepower list-2017 among 133 countries on the basis of its

Rasu Kha, the much-talked about serial killer from Chandpur, and two others were awarded the death yesterday for the

Investigators have claimed that a “sleeper cell” of a militant outfit was behind the knife attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.

While a firestorm of protest and condemnation continues over the knife attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, a section

Sri Lanka yesterday declared a nationwide state of emergency after riots targeting Muslims left at least two people dead and homes

A Hindu priest was strangled inside his room and his nephew's house was looted at Jaleshwar village in Chatmohar upazila yesterday.

Child marriages still remain high in Bangladesh, although the rate is globally declining, with the largest drop in South Asia, according

A madrasa boy who was allegedly beaten up severely by one of his teachers in Bhaluka upazila died of his injuries at a Dhaka hospital early yesterday.

The Editors' Council, an organisation of editors of the country's leading newspapers, yesterday strongly condemned the attack on renowned writer Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.