National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman says a section of private manpower recruiting agencies are practicing “modern slavery trade”.

The High Court fixes June 29 for passing order on a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking its directives upon the lower court for expunging the deposition of the investigation officer in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against her.

Detectives claim to have arrested two members of a new militant outfit with firearms in Dhaka.

A trucker was killed in an attack by robbers in Gokul area under Sadar upazila of the district early yesterday.

A Thakurgaon court yesterday sent 24 activists of local BNP and its associate bodies to jail in a case for torching polling centre during parliamentary elections on January 5, 2014.

The Supreme Court has observed that the High Court didn't at all apply its judicial mind in acquitting Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury

The food ministry says it tested the wheat imported from Brazil and did not find any grain that is “rotten” or “unfit for human consumption”.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accuses the government of importing “rotten wheat” from Brazil.

Fitra has been fixed at minimum Tk 60 per head this year.

A man was killed allegedly by his nephew at Chwakkrisnapur village in Bera upazila of the district on Monday. The victim is Mozai

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion yesterday seized 17 cobras in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital.

A group of local people staged demonstration in Charfashion municipality of the district yesterday, protesting frequent power outage.

Road transport and bridges ministry asks the authorities concerned not to ply any truck, lorry and covered-van on the highways for three days before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr.

As many as 5,095 students of 106 high schools in Chirirbandar upazila under the district have remained deprived of the government

A large number of people including guardians of the students formed a human chain and held a rally in front of Pabna Press Club yesterday demanding removal of the

A college student was allegedly raped in the city and police have arrested two men in this connection.

BNP terms the abduction of a BGB member by Myanmar border force as “shameful” and demanded the government to issue a strong warning to the neighboring state to stop the recurrence of such incidents.

A Dhaka court places a suspected member of Islamic State (IS) on a five-day remand in a case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act.

Five lawyers will meet convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed at Dhaka central jail tomorrow morning for instructions about seeking a review to the Supreme Court verdict upholding his death penalty.

"(It was) the month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’aan, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong).