Ain o Salish Kendra expresses deep concern over the arrest and remand of senior journalist Shafik Rehman as “the process of the detention has created confusion among people”.

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed today marking the formation of Bangladesh's first government that led the War of Liberation in 1971.

BBC dismisses complaints by anti-GMO activists that its Panorama film ‘GM Food: Cultivating Fear‘, broadcasted in June 2015, is biased and inaccurate. In a lengthy judgement just published (pdf), the BBC’s highest complaints body, found that all the complaints made about the programme were without merit.

Workers Party, key ally of AL led 14-party alliance, reacts against restriction on celebrations of Pahela Baishakh after 5:00pm, demands withdrawal of restriction.

The busy urban living does not allow us to perform many of our rituals, festivities and practices the way our families observed them over the years. One such ritual is Chaitra Sankranti celebration.

Awami League (AL) Publicity Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud says Olama League does not have any affiliation with the ruling party.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks more Chinese investment for Bangladesh’s various sectors to accelerate the country's development efforts.

Taking a swipe at those protesting the government's move to construct coal-based power plants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says some people have a bizarre imagination about coal and coal-based power plants which have already led to the loss of a few lives.

AKM Rahmatullah and Abul Hasnat have been made presidents of Awami League’s Dhaka north and south city units.

Mild tremors were felt in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh this afternoon – as result of a 5.0 magnitude earthquake in India’s Lakhipur.

Bangladesh will break away from the six percent growth “trap” by achieving 7.05 percent growth in this fiscal year, according to a top government body. Per capita income will rise by $150 and stand at $1,466, ministers discuss.

Remember the video of the boy singing a local song with a tourist in Cox’s Bazar that went viral last month? Well, thanks to the musician in the video the story does not end there.

Two Bangladeshi Brac officials, who were abducted from Kunduz city, Afghanistan, are released today.

Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, terms the ongoing Union Parishad election as “farcical” and urged the Election Commission to hold a re-election in the “controversial” UPs.

The number of women being trafficked from Bangladesh into Mumbai brothels is rising as part of greater migration from India's eastern neighbour, and police and social groups need to do more to rescue and repatriate them, a charity says.

A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visits the spot in Mainamati Cantonment area where the body of Comilla Victoria college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was found.

The United States offers their assistance in ensuring “standard security” for Bangladesh’s airports after the UK raised complain with Dhaka airport.

Barely able to walk and bent over with the weight of age, 90-year-old Razia Khatun could not falter the enthusiasm on her face – she had come to cast her vote.

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is awarded with the 2015 Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) Prize for implementing various projects successfully which helped to create employment opportunities for youths.

The High Court clears way for the lower court concerned to resume trial proceedings against former BNP minister Mirza Abbas in a corruption case filed on charge of fraudulently allotting an industrial plot.