The north-eastern Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya want regular exchange of views between their trade representatives and those of Bangladesh to promote trade and settle any complexities that arise.

President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats faced challenges to their hopes of using the bill to raise the minimum wage.

The 24-hour ban on the movement of buses in Khulna district ahead of a BNP rally is causing commuters a great deal of suffering.

Police filed cases against seven people who were picked up from the torch procession brought out in Dhaka’s Shahbagh yesterday -- protesting the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in custody.

US State Department has called on Bangladesh to conduct a transparent investigation into the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed and uphold the right of freedom of expression.

A ward level Jubo League leader was shot and injured in Dhaka’s Manikdi area last night.

Alibaba was among several companies that Chinese President Xi Jinping commended on Thursday during a ceremony intended to showcase the success of his years-long campaign to wipe out extreme poverty in the country, reports CNN.

Welcoming US investments in key areas of Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has reiterated that strong Bangladesh-US economic relations are critical.

Awami League-backed Sammilito Ainjibi Samonnay Parishad won 15 posts, including president, while BNP-backed Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Oikkya Panel got eight posts, including general secretary, of Dhaka Bar Association for the year 2021-2022.

Myanmar police moved decisively on Saturday in a bid to prevent opponents of military rule gathering after Myanmar’s UN envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a February 1 coup.

The Biden administration announced sanctions and visa bans on Friday targeting Saudi Arabian citizens over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but stopped short of imposing sanctions on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman himself.

Gazipur district administration has formed a two-member committee over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who was arrested under the Digital Security Act and died in Kashimpur High Security Jail-3 in Gazipur on Thursday.

A case has been filed against local Awami League leader Abul Kalam Azad, also former lawmaker of Gaibandha-4 constituency, and more than 200 of his followers for vandalising the Gobindaganj upazila AL office in Gaibandha on February 20.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince likely approved an operation to kill or capture a US-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified US intelligence report released Friday that could escalate pressure on the Biden administration to hold the kingdom accountable for a murder that drew bipartisan and international outrage.

BNP today said police foiled a torch procession brought out by a group of their leaders and activists in Dhaka’s Banani area this evening protesting the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in custody.

As Rab members were taking away writer Mushtaq Ahmed from his Lalmatia residence nine months ago, they assured the family that he would return home after a short while.

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that sentenced two convicts to life imprisonment for killing Khulna's 13-year-old Rakib Hawlader in August, 2015.

Three people were killed in a three-way motorcycle collision in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah today.

Police clashed with people protesting the death in custody of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in the capital’s Shahbagh this evening, with both sides saying multiple members sustained injuries.

Police recovered the body of a seven-year-old boy from a pond in Khulna’s Dighalia upazila this afternoon, a day after he had gone went missing.