A Union Parishad member has been arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) along with nine 9mm pistols, 49 rounds of bullets and 19 magazines from Putkhali border area in Benapole.

Pro-Islamic groups including students of different madrasas brought out a short procession against France, asking for boycotting products from the European country, from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Juma prayers today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed hope that in the Mujib year, members of police will serve the people imbued with the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all time.

A strong earthquake of magnitude of up 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Turkey and Greece, local and international observatories said.

The Directorate of Posts today released two postage stamps commemorating the recognition of the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as part of the world’s documentary heritage by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).

With the presidential election looming - and Democrat Joe Biden ahead in the polls and promising to prioritise the role of science in policymaking - some researchers hope for a return to the days when the United States is viewed as the best place on earth to do their jobs.

Five death row convicts of the Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna have been sent to Barishal Divisional Jail under tight security this morning.

Foreign exchange reserves have hit a new record of $ 41.03 billion (USD), according to a weekly report of Bangladesh Bank.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wound up a visit to Asia in Vietnam after a tour marked by his repeated calls for help for the United States in confronting security threats posed by China.

France’s interior minister has said more militant attacks on its soil are likely and the country is engaged in a war against Islamist ideology following the second deadly knife attack in its cities in two weeks.

Nineteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A three-member probe body headed by Additional District Magistrate has been formed to investigate the incident of a man beaten and burnt to death by a mob on Burimari Union Parishad premises on allegations of hurting religious sentiment in the district's Patgram upazila yesterday evening.

USAID and a consortium of US private sector have signed a deal to help alleviate the hardships of female workers in their supply-chains affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.

A college student in Narail was killed in a head-on collision between his motorcycle and a truck yesterday night.

The Rape Law Reform Coalition has expressed deep concern about the incident of death of a 14-year-old girl from Tangail following excessive bleeding, one month into her marriage.

Convicted war criminal Syed Mohammad Qaisar has filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict that upheld his death sentence for committing crimes against humanity and war crimes during the country's Liberation War in 1971.

A Chattogram bound air-conditioned Green Line bus has burnt to ashes in a collision with a covered van at Jhagurjhuli area of Cumilla Sadar on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway early today.

Recalling the violent attack at her home in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, Purnima Das still trembles with fear.

A man has been beaten and burnt to death by a mob on Burimari Union Parishad premises on allegations of hurting religious sentiment in the district’s Patgram upazila.

The man suspected of killing three people at a church in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday is a 21-year-old Tunisian who arrived in Europe just a few weeks ago, sources close to the inquiry have said.