The special court set up in the capital's Bakshibazar yesterday expressed disappointment over the regular delay of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in appearing before it.

Before the 60's, paddy plants were taller than what we now see in the fields and it was the “Green Revolution” of that decade that dwarfed the plants and significantly enhanced the global output of Asia's most consumed staple.

It was during the evening of December 16, 2017. When the entire country was celebrating Victory Day, Hobi Miah, Helim Uddin and some other workers were illegally extracting stones from a pit at Kalairag of Companiganj upazila.

A stone worker was killed at a stone quarry in Kalairag area of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet yesterday morning.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday found five Moulvibazar men guilty of committing genocide and crimes against humanity

State-appointed defence lawyers for four more fugitive accused, including Moulana Tajuddin, yesterday completed their closing arguments in the cases filed over the August 21 grenade attack and sought their clients' acquittal.

For a week now, a cold wave has been sweeping over parts of the country. However, the mercury rose slightly yesterday with the

Malaysia signed a deal with an American firm yesterday to resume the search for MH370 almost four years after the plane disappeared,

France's most revered actress Catherine Deneuve hit out Tuesday at a new "puritanism" sparked by sexual harassment scandals,

Gamblers assaulted a female member of a union parishad, and her husband, for protesting against their illegal activity in Singergari of

The ongoing war crimes trial has not only created a scope for ending the culture of impunity in the country, but also ensured that the people know the

Former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh on January 14 on a five-day personal tour.

North and South Korea yesterday agreed on negotiations to resolve problems and military talks aimed at averting accidental conflict,

Parliament last night passed the “Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 2018,” expanding the definition of close relationships to include cousins, grandparents and grandchildren.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday sought cooperation from the newly appointed Myanmar envoy to Dhaka for starting the repatriation of

A doctor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has been sued over allegedly raping his patient, a college student from Bhola, in a hospital room.

The Bangalee people had a central role in the effort to create Pakistan, but Pakistan did not treat them well and separated them from Pakistan, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said yesterday, Dawn reports.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the police to gain the trust and confidence of people as this is very important for them.

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday sought to complete a government shake-up without further blunders after a first day

South Korea will not seek to renegotiate a deal with Japan on wartime sex slavery, it said yesterday, despite new President Moon Jae-In