The statement said as per media reports, Meghna's detention was shrouded in secrecy, and was allegedly carried out without a warrant, which are considered to be an alarming violation of procedural safeguards

Case filed over instigating suicide

What was baffling was that her arrest was not even acknowledged by the authorities for 24 hours, the silence broken only by mounting pressure on social media

The arrestee, Shafiq Morol, is the father of Nasir Morol, general secretary of the Gazipur unit of the banned organisation Chhatra League

The earthquake had a magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale

Police recovered the body and seized the truck

The bodies were found in several sacks around 1:15pm

The next round of talks is expected to take place in Dhaka at a mutually convenient time

4 cops were injured in the attack; 20 detained in subsequent joint forces operation

A case of unnatural death has been registered

Tania was riding the motorcycle heading to Navaran around 10:00pm. Her husband was the pillion rider.

"The decision was not made under any external pressure"

A complaint was filed yesterday against a BNP leader and his men in Mougati union of Netrokona Sadar following an attack on a local Hefazat-e-Islam leader at his residence.

If voted to power in the next national election, the BNP has said it will generate employment for one crore people within its first 18 months in office.

The detainees are Md Abdul Hamid, 38, of Moshaldangi Coloni village, and Md. Ibrahim, 45, of Kherbari village, both under the same upazila

Freedom fighter Nurul Absar, 76, who had testified in court against executed war criminal and former BNP standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, was confined by BNP and Jubo Dal activists in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar and later handed over to police yesterday.

Bangladeshi construction worker Shakil Mohammad was at work at River Valley Road in Singapore when he heard screams next door.

The school authorities claimed the proper procedure was not followed, which was why the scribes were not approved

At least 10 fishing trawlers came under attacks by armed robbers in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday night, leaving more than 50 fishermen shot and injured.

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations began across the country yesterday.