A week into Mubashar Hasan Cesar, an assistant professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in North South University, going missing, law enforcement agencies are yet to have any answers.

Myanmar military investigation into alleged atrocities against Rohingyas is a “whitewash”, says rights group Amnesty International, calling for UN and independent investigators to be allowed into the country.

The House last night unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at giving thanks to the Unesco for recognising the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage.

When we talk about sweets, nothing can beat the spongy, syrupy Rosogolla. Served on almost every Bangladeshi occasion, the signature sweet has been an integral part of the Bangalee culture for ages.

The government is going to set up a fully-fledged cantonment named after Sheikh Hasina at Payra in Patuakhali to enhance national security and face the aftermath of natural disasters.

Detectives yesterdayasked for permission to sue Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akter on charges of faking the writer's abduction and giving false statementsto a court and police.

A Chinese contractor fails to restart the country's lone state-run chemical factory in over four years, yet it finds no problems in getting its employer to deliver undue benefits.

Police rescued two lion and two leopard cubs from a sport utility vehicle (SUV) in Jessore Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon.

In the face of widespread "atrocities" against ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar, the United States has been cautiously stepping up pressure on Myanmar's army, while taking care to avoid endangering the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said he has a "great relationship" with his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, while a White House official said human rights got only a brief mention when the two met on the sidelines of an Asian summit.

Many people, who have falsely claimed to be freedom fighters, continue to enjoy government allowances by obtaining court orders, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque told parliament yesterday.

Myanmar's army has replaced the general in charge of Rakhine state following a military crackdown that has driven more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh amid reports of mass rape, torture and other crimes against humanity.

Traces of palm oil are still fouling a remote part of Hong Kong's shoreline three months after a major spill caused by a ship collision, environmentalists say.

Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin, runner-up in last year's World Chess Championship, on Monday vowed his support for Vladimir Putin after several sports stars publicly backed the president.

An Australian publisher has shelved plans to release a book detailing alleged Chinese interference in the country over fears of legal attacks by Beijing, the author said Monday.

A 17-year-old girl was killed and three others injured in a landslide in Mandir Jum area of Jaflong in Sylhet yesterday morning.

Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Joao Tabajara de Oliveira Junior has described the persecution of the Rohingya by Myanmar security forces as "atrocities of the millennium".

Miscreants attacked a freedom fighter Abu Baker Mallik in Bagerhat early yesterday hacking him with sharp weapons.

When North Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, of all the festival dishes none is more significant than roast turkey. In the United

Curtains to the three-day Dhaka Literary Festival (DLF), previously known as the Hay Festival Dhaka, are to rise on November 16 for the 17th time, on the historic grounds of the Bangla Academy in the capital.