The National Human Rights Commission yesterday expressed concern over the recent incidents of enforced disappearance and abduction and asked the government to find the victims and return them to their families immediately.

Two million Muslims from across the globe are converging on Makkah in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage, a religious duty and for some pilgrims the journey of a lifetime.

Madhupur police arrested five staffers of an inter-district bus on charges of killing and gang-raping a law student on a moving bus Friday night.

With the Eid-ul-Azha only three days away, thousands of holidaymakers left the capital without facing much hassle at the exit points yesterday but were caught in traffic snarl-ups at different highways.

A visiting senior official of the US Department of State has commended Bangladesh's “tremendous” role in counterterrorism initiatives and said that the US will continue to cooperate in this area.

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan yesterday in a major escalation that triggered global alarm and a furious response from the government in Tokyo.

IFIC Bank official Shamim Ahmed, who was allegedly kidnapped from the capital's Paltan last week, has returned home.

The Awami League yesterday called upon the Myanmar government to take back Rohingyas from Bangladesh.

North Korea has cancelled this year's Wonsan Air Show, travel agents said yesterday, with reports suggesting tightened travel restrictions by several countries due to nuclear tensions with Pyongyang could be behind the move.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will leave for Canada on September 10 to see his ailing daughter.

Two people were killed and another was critically injured following an explosion inside a manhole in the capital's Jatrabari last night.

The morning sun brought some relief for Shariful Islam as a little rain, he feared, would put his journey back home in jeopardy.

Around 300 pilgrims could not fly to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj this year due to fraudulence of at least “four hajj agencies and their brokers”.

Abdul Kuddus arrived at Sadarghat Launch Terminal in the capital at 11:40am yesterday from Fakirapool just to book a place on the deck of a launch

As Japan takes on the mammoth task of upgrading its capital's outdated roads and infrastructure, a local "highway doctor" is betting that its 3-D technology can lend a hand.

The European Union will begin talks with Dhaka today to negotiate a process to be followed to deport more than one lakh irregular Bangladeshi migrants living in 28 EU countries for years.

Four workers were killed and six others injured as the roof of an under-construction filling station collapsed in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj yesterday.

An Indian judge sentenced a self-styled "godman", whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last week, to 20 years' jail yesterday, but a shoot-to-kill order, curfew and heavy police presence kept protesters at bay.

The food ministry yesterday informed the cabinet that 20 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat would have to be imported to meet demand and keep the market stable until January next year.

A senior official of the US Department of State arrives in Dhaka this morning to discuss various issues of mutual interest with top government officials.