Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said BNP had told them that they would contest the next parliamentary elections.

Experts yesterday identified radioactive substances in nine sacks in an export container earlier seized at the Chittagong Port and safely

Apple has unveiled three new iPhone models, including a top-of-line handset described as "the biggest leap forward" since the

A bizarre two-year court battle over who owns the copyright of a "monkey selfie" which went viral was finally settled on Monday -- in

A parliamentary body yesterday suggested that the foreign ministry launch a vigorous diplomatic initiative and raise prominently the

At least eight people died in flooding after violent rains lashed the Tuscan city of Livorno over the weekend, Italian rescue services said yesterday.

North Korea yesterday condemned "vicious" new UN sanctions imposed over its sixth and largest nuclear test, warning it would make

A Chittagong court yesterday framed charges against seven people, including former commanding officer of Rab-7 Lt Col (sacked)

A member of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party was shot dead in Pabna's Dhalarchar area on Monday night, police said.

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Angry locals set ablaze a bus and vandalised eight other vehicles as reckless driving killed a schoolgirl on the spot on the capital's

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh was giving shelter to Myanmar refugees on humanitarian grounds, but not forever.

At least 25 people went missing after two launches fastened to a pontoon in the Padma capsized due to river erosion in Shariatpur's Nariya yesterday morning.

India has planned to start working on five major projects to connect its rivers, raising concern here that any human intervention in the course of trans-boundary rivers will change the ecosystem and push Bangladesh into an acute water crisis.

An alleged robber was killed in a "gunfight" with police, while another beaten to death by locals in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila early yesterday.

The Election Commission is going to extend the September 20 deadline for wrapping up talks with political parties.

Finding the charges brought against Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh, groundless, a Dhaka court yesterday discharged him from a case filed for torching a taxicab in March 2013.

Downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, Irma flooded several northern Florida cities with heavy rain and a high storm surge

Togo opposition leaders yesterday said they were not hopeful of political change, as parliament prepared to discuss potential

A Palestinian court yesterday agreed to release a prominent activist on bail after his arrest on September 4 following his criticism of