The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday handed over five Bangladeshi women to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through a company commander-level flag meeting at the Banglabandha border in Panchagarh's Tetulia upazila

Diplomatic and official passport holders of Bangladesh and Pakistan will be able to travel to each other’s countries without visas.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday framed charges against 16 people, including former Awami League lawmaker Muhammad Saiful Islam and former Dhaka range deputy inspector general (DIG) Syed Nurul Islam, over the killing of seven people during last year’s uprising in Ashulia.

Nazrul Islam returned home yesterday with scars on his body and memories of brutal captivity in Libya, where traffickers and mafias shattered his dream of a better life in Italy

A clash between the students of Dhaka College and Dhaka City College broke out at Science Lab and adjacent areas yesterday, leaving several people injured.

Sukhranjan Bali, who was listed as a prosecution witness in the crimes against humanity case against Delawar Hossain Sayedee, has accused ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 31 others of trying to force him to make a false statement.

The 13th national election will not take place unless the demands and conditions of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami are met, said Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad.

For the first time in its history, the Ducsu polls will see the highest number of women vying for top positions, marking a significant shift in a space long dominated by men.

A woman and her daughter have been found dead with their throats slit at their home in a remote area of Ramgarh upazila in Khagrachhari.

Jamaat-e-Islami and NCP yesterday denied allegations that their leaders were involved in Sylhet’s stone looting incident.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to declare the fact-finding report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on human rights violations during last year’s mass uprising as a historical document.

Ferry services at Ghat-4 of Paturia in Manikganj have remained suspended since early yesterday after a pontoon and ramp were washed away by the Padma.

The Criminal Investigation Department has filed a case against the directors of Al-Aqaba Multipurpose Cooperative Society for allegedly embezzling nearly Tk 400 crore from customers. The case has been filed under the Money Laundering Act.

Bangladesh has expressed interest in industrial collaboration with Pakistan in sectors such as leather, shipbuilding, sugar, agro-processing and SMEs.

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka yesterday morning for a four-day state visit to China.

Over a hundred trees have allegedly been felled on the land acquired for Rajshahi Medical University (RMU), where its academic and administrative buildings are supposed to be constructed.

Students of Feni University blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway yesterday to press home their six-point demand, including permanent campus and shuttle bus services.

Erosion by the Old Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers has devoured at least 50 houses in Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj upazila, an official of the Water Development Board (WDB) said.

The operations were conducted by units under various infantry divisions and independent brigades of the army

CNG drivers allege extortion, abduction threats from armed groups