Reiterating that BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed was picked up by law enforcers, his wife again seeks prime minister’s intervention to trace him immediately

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad sacks his special adviser Bobby Hajjaj after the latter announced his own candidacy for the Dhaka City Corporation polls

Two policemen are injured as alleged pro-hartal picketers hurl several crude bombs at Dainik Bangla intersection in Paltan of Dhaka

BNP-led 20-party alliance calls fresh spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal from tomorrow protesting alleged arrest of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, a party press statement says

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her positive attitude about taking part in the upcoming elections to the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations. “Khaleda Zia did not tell anything negative to us about the three city corporation elections.

Shafiur Rahman Farabi, the prime suspect in the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, placed on a fresh four-day remand

Dhaka city unit of BNP will bring out processions at all thanas and wards in the capital on Saturday demanding return of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed

Police arrest two people including a prime accused in a case regarding the Rangpur arson attack on a bus that left six people killed.

United Nations stresses need for all sides to engage in dialogue and asks Bangladesh authorities to allow for freedom of expression, for freedom of assembly and freedom of the media

Wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, who remains missing for nine days, submits memorandum to the prime minister, seeking her intervention in tracing the whereabouts of her husband

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says tough punishment would be given to those BNP-Jamaat men resorting to militant acts in Bangladesh.

Missing BNP leader Salahuddin’s wife says she will formally appeal to the prime minister tomorrow seeking her initiatives in tracing Salahuddin.

An alleged activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League killed during a clash with Awami League activists in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna

Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles in its westernmost Baltic enclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games to showcase its resurgent military power amid bitter tensions with the West over Ukraine

Human Rights Watch urges Bangladeshi authorities to immediately order an independent investigation into "enforced disappearance" of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed

Khaleda Zia calls upon the government to bring Salahuddin Ahmed back to his family or produce him before court immediately

The Centre for Research and Information (CRI) launches the first episode of graphic novel series on autobiography of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Voicing her high hope that no more people will be burnt to death in the name of hartal and blockade, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to turn Bangladesh into a nice and peaceful abode for all

The High Court adjourns till April 8 the hearing on a petition seeking its order on the government to produce BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed before it in 24 hours.

John Kerry has appreciated the role of Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies in countering terrorist activities, the foreign minister says