The High Court yesterday upheld the death sentences of five former Chhatra League activists and acquitted four others in the Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed murder case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for quick repatriation of Rohingya people from Bangladesh to their home country.

Police have recovered the body of a 13-year-old boy who went missing from Khilgaon in the capital four days ago.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury last night held a meeting at the latter's office in parliament.

A BSF man has been suspended over the molestation of a Bangladeshi woman on Dhaka-bound Moitree Express train from Kolkata on Monday morning.

A BSF man has been suspended over the molestation of a Bangladeshi woman on Dhaka-bound Moitree Express train from Kolkata on Monday morning.

Former defence secretary Michael Fallon joined calls Monday for more British military spending, as the head of the army said the country may struggle to match Russian battlefield capabilities and another security chief warned a major cyber-attack on the UK is likely by 2020.

Rights campaigners slammed as "appalling" Tuesday the disappearance of dissident publisher Gui Minhai after his daughter revealed he had been snatched again in mainland China, the latest person ensnared in Beijing's crackdown on civil society.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defended the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States during a visit to London on Monday, following a series of spats since the election of Donald Trump that have strained ties.

US federal workers returned to work yesterday after Congress ended a three-day government shutdown, with President Donald Trump claiming victory in his standoff with Democrats.

A Royal Bengal Tiger was beaten to death as it entered a village and injured six people in Morrelganj upazila yesterday.

Several hundred goods-laden trucks were stranded at Benapole Land Port as unloading of goods remained suspended following a clash between two groups of workers yesterday.

The education ministry wants Facebook blocked for "sometime" in Bangladesh during the upcoming SSC and its equivalent examinations to prevent question paper leak.

Fantasy romance "The Shape of Water" yesterday topped the Oscars nominations list with 13 nods, as the Academy also gave a rare nomination to a woman in the directing category.

Narayanganj police yesterday refused to record an attempted murder case against some local leaders and activists of Awami League and its front organisations in connection with the January 16 attack on city Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy.

A video clip of two senior journalist leaders having an altercation with a policeman over driving on the wrong way on Bailey Road has gone viral.

The mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation were stayed for six months, not for three months, according to the lawyer's certificate collected by the Election Commission.

Parliament last night passed the Power Bill, 2018, keeping the provision for a maximum punishment of 10 years' jail and Tk 10 crore fine or both for carrying out any act of sabotage at any electricity infrastructure or installation.

A nine-year-old girl was found dead in Chittagong city's Akbar Shah area on Sunday night, nearly four hours after she had gone missing from in front of her home.

A Bangladeshi woman allegedly faced an attempted sexual assault while travelling on the Maitree Express yesterday morning.