Dhaka University has taken a host of security measures to celebrate the Bangla New Year with traditional festivities tomorrow.

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) was closed for an indefinite period following a chase and counter chase between two groups of students yesterday.

Nek Parvin Chowdhury of Borhanuddin Chowdhury family in Bhola died from lung ailments at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital on April 5, says a press release.

Police yesterday arrested four war crimes accused of Netrakona, hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 ordered the arrest of five men who allegedly committed crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

The School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a talk on ethnocentrism, strategic culture and leadership language on its Bashundhara campus in Dhaka yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activist Amjad Ali to imprisonment until his death in two cases filed for killing a litigant and injuring some others by carrying out a bomb attack on a Lakshmipur court in 2005.

A Dhaka court yesterday for the second time deferred to June 7 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others in Niko graft case.

A special taskforce of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) yesterday snapped the electricity connection to a high-rise hotel in the capital's Moghbazar for using electricity illegally.

Abul Mansur Ahmad Smriti Parishad will hold a discussion on two books about Abul Mansur Ahmad today at Nalini Kanta Bhattashali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum at 4:30pm.

Miscreants, impersonating as detectives, mug Tk 4 lakh from a private university student at Elephant road in the capital’s Dhaka.

The authorities in Taiwan have accused Kenya of using guns and tear gas to force 37 Taiwanese on to a plane bound for mainland China.

A multistoried building in Dhaka’s Monipuripara, that houses a ready-made garment factory, is evacuated over allegations of tilting.

Police arrested three persons on charge of gang-raping a female RMG worker in Chittagong early hours today and another in Habiganj on Sunday for raping a child.

Nobody can now speak out freely in Bangladesh and Daily Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman was sent to jail for his statements

Four muggers shot three staff of an RMG factory and took away a bag full of money in Baliapur of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, yesterday afternoon.

Thirteen people, including a child, who were allegedly confined, tortured and forced to work in an illegal brick field in Barisal for the last couple of days were rescued by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday noon.

Fire gutted valuables, worth Tk 2 lakh, of seven shops in Sultanpur area of Raozan upazila in Chittagong early yesterday.

The High Court yesterday stayed for six months a government order suspending Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan for being

A Barisal court yesterday noon denied bail and sent to jail 14 persons detained earlier by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men and

With the 13th annual summit of Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) beginning in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, leaders and representatives from the world's Islamic countries reached there to attend it.