Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday accompanied by a clutch of senior officials, including the head of the state economic planner, as Beijing looks to bolster North Korea and perhaps jumpstart stalled talks with Washington.

Former state minister for home affairs Sohel Taj’s nephew Syed Iftekhar Alam Sourav has been rescued from Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh.

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Many importers are not receiving delivery of their goods after five per cent of advance tax (AT) was imposed on almost all kinds of imported goods including raw materials and machinery under the new VAT law.

Police are now looking for a Bangladeshi youth suspecting his involvement with the Ukrainian nationals held for Dutch Bangla Bank’s automated teller machines (ATMs) theft recently.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) fines Tk two lakh to a restaurant at its premises for preserving meat which was rotten and giving off putrid smell in its freezer.

Southeast Asian leaders at their annual summit should drastically rethink their response to the plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya, Human Rights Watch says.

The High Court wants to know the steps taken to implement its 2015 directives for stopping cultivation of fishes in Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s (Wasa) lagoon in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli, as its water and fishes are poisonous and harmful.

The High Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on the rule issued by it over compensating Tk 1 crore to the family of Rajib Hossain, who died after losing his hand that got stuck between two buses in the capital last year.

A Dhaka court sentences four youths to life in jail for killing a college student of Madaripur Government Nazimuddin University College in March 2013.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder says the lack of enthusiasm for election among the people is an ominous sign for a democratic nation.

With the objective of creating an environment of mutual respect, Uber, the world's largest on-demand ride-sharing company, has updated its community guidelines, reminding riders of the behavior expected of anyone using the platform.

Dutch prosecutors are to put four people on trial for murder next year over the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, in which 298 people were killed, relatives say.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina informs the parliament that her government has a plan to bring all citizens under national health insurance coverage for ensuring health service.

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The Supreme Court (SC) chamber judge upholds a High Court verdict that declared illegal the government circulars and gazette notifications fixing the minimum age of freedom fighters at 12 and a half years in 1971.

Free Rohingya Coalition, a global network of Rohingya activists, demands resignation of UN Secretary General António Guterres and senior UN leaders for the global body’s “systemic failure” in addressing genocide against the Rohingya under their leadership.

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) continue their protest for the fifth consecutive day to press home their 16-point demand including cancellation of the new recruitment order of director of student's welfare.

Two including a Chinese national are killed in a clash at an under-construction power plant in Kolapara upazila of Patuakhali.

Textile millers demand an exemption of 5 per cent value added tax (VAT) on sale of local yarn to make the domestic yarn market more competitive.