To cope with the latest aviation security, the prime minister directs the civil aviation and home ministries to show zero tolerance to illegal entrance into the country’s international airports.

The government yesterday met Facebook executives for the first time to express its concerns about the negative impacts of the popular social platform and claimed that it was threatening national security.

When you think about a martial arts hero of Hollywood, you think of Bruce Lee. Likewise, when you think of a martial arts hero of Dhallywood—the name of Rubel pops up.

Had it not been for Facebook, where the video of Rajon being tortured at the hands of grown adults was released, the teenager's brutal murder would have never gained countrywide attention.

Arwa, aged five, stands still for long staring at a photo of her father, Sajedul Islam Suman. She hasn't seen him or been caressed by him in two years. Although she has begun to faintly feel a sense of loss, she still does not understand why her father disappeared the way he did. "She doesn't cry. But we can sense a vacuum has been created in her,” said her aunt Sanjida Islam. Suman, along with seven others, has gone missing from the capital since December 2013. Their families allege all of them were victims of “enforced disappearance” by Rapid Action Battalion.

Awami League nominated mayor aspirant of Arani municipality in Rajshahi dies after heavy drinking of alcohol.

High Court directs police to arrest Saiful Islam, a staff nurse of United Hospital in Dhaka, and produce him before it on December 7 allegedly for sexually harassing a female patient.

Mustafizur Rahman isn't someone who gets overtly expressive about his feelings off the field. On the field though, he is a completely different character.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the world's 100 leading global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based prestigious magazine.

The government appears to be defying its own ban on Facebook. As the ban on Facebook in Bangladesh steps into the third week, a number of ministers, lawmakers, ruling party leaders, high officials, and wings of different ministries have been using the most popular social media platform almost regularly. Over the last two weeks, they posted photos, shared links, and updated their statuses in their official and personal Facebook accounts.

On the outskirts of Mirpur, the National Botanical Garden is a wonderful destination for nature lovers.

According to a poll, 76 percent of Republicans, and 42 percent of Democrats believe that American and Islamic values are at odds. Former Governor Jeb Bush and Senator Ted Cruz want to allow Christian, and bar Muslim Syrian refugees from entering the US.

Shiv Sena declares a reward of Rs 1 lakh for slapping Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, for his comment on the ‘growing intolerance’ in the country. Shiv Sena, however, later said the remark was not the official view of the party, reports Hindustan Times.

It’s been a week since the government has blocked public access to several social media and Internet applications...

Of the hundreds of rivers in Bangladesh, only two rivers -- Sangu and Matamuhuri -- have originated from Bangladesh. Both rivers are located in the southeastern hilly part of Bangladesh.

No mountain is high enough for Wasfia Nazreen, who became the first Bangladeshi to climb all seven highest peaks in seven continents, also known as the “Seven Summits”.

Porimol Joydhor, a sacked teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for raping a Class X student in 2011, ending a 39-month legal battle in the sensational case. The Fourth Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression in Dhaka also fined him Tk 50,000, payable within 90 days, in default of which he will have to serve six more months in jail.

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to the government, requesting it to lift the restrictions on Facebook, Whatsapp and Viber within 24 hours.

As cool as a cucumber and as sharp as a knife, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza showed his more established batsmen how it's done. Never mind

We can react two ways at Pakistan's expression of 'deep anguish' at the hanging of two war criminals – Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.