A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist was shot after he beat up a local youth in Halishahar area of Chittagong city

Speakers at a discussion yesterday demanded immediate release of leader of Nagorik Oikya Mahmudur Rahman

BNP yesterday demanded that the Election Commission announce fresh polls schedules in places where its candidates could not file

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today will once more skip trial proceedings in the Zia charitable and orphanage trust corruption cases for, as her counsel Sanaullah Miah told The Daily Star, being “unwell”.

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, to 20 years'

Pakistan's recent statement in which it denied committing atrocities in Bangladesh in 1971 has drawn strong protest and condemnation from different civil rights organisations, educational institutions, political parties and freedom fighters.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday directed the prosecution to submit formal charges, if any, on January

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq said he would not back off from his stance on making the city roads available for traffic and pedestrians. "I am telling you this mayor will be very tough in future and showing muscle power won't work. There will be no compromise," he said after an eviction drive led by him at the capital's Tejgaon Truck Terminal yesterday turned into a clash between police and transport workers resisting it.

Dr Gowher Rizvi, the prime minister's international affairs adviser, has urged the indigenous community to be patient and have faith in the government about implementation of the CHT peace accord.

The BNP yesterday asked the Election Commission to retain the provision in the new electoral code of conduct that restricts lawmakers from electioneering for mayoral candidates.

A Dhaka court frames charges against former Dhaka city corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and three others in a corruption case.

The ruling Awami League's decision to contest the municipality elections independently has aggrieved its partners.

The current political situation and financial despotism are hindering harmonious coexistence in the country leading to social violence,

The Awami League may face more hassles than the BNP to pick single mayoral contenders in the upcoming municipality polls.

Nandail upazila administration in Mymensingh imposed section 144 last night after two groups of the Awami League announced holding

The government yesterday filed three appeals with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court order that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three vandalism and arson cases.

Police arrested 57 people including eight BNP, Jamaat and Shibir men from different upazilas of Chittagong in

Major political parties are trying to make sure that they do not have rebel candidates slicing away their precious votes in the polls to 236 municipalities on December 30.

Three persons, including a passer-by, were injured as alleged Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists armed with

The High Court questiones the legality of executive magistrates running mobile courts.