The United States-led military coalition fighting Islamic State says early on Sunday that there were two attacks near Iraqi bases housing its troops on Saturday night but that none of its troops were harmed.

A Dhaka court accepts the charges against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others for misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore of Farmers Bank in 2016.It also issued arrest warrants against all the accused as they have been shown fugitives in the charge sheet.

A Dhaka court orders police to publish an advertisement in two national dailies asking four fugitives in Abrar Fahad murder case to appear before it on January 13.

A group claiming to be hackers from Iran breaches the website of a little-known US government agency and posts messages vowing revenge for Washington's killing of top military commander Qasem Soleimani.

A total of 118 members of police and Rapid Action Battalion have received prestigious police medals for their outstanding performance in the last one year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterates the government’s stance against drug abuse, corruption and violent extremism in the nation and said police have been working tirelessly in this regard.

US President Donald Trump has warned that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran and will hit them "very fast and very hard" if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets.

A Katyusha rocket fell near the United States embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone which houses government buildings and foreign missions but caused no casualties, two police sources tell Reuters.

US-Bangla Airlines announces special holiday packages on Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Krabi routes in Thailand that will begin from January 11 and continue till March 30.

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Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader categorically says Bangladesh Chhatra League does not feel any need of those involved in various heinous activities like Buet student Abrar murder.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and CEO Mokabbir Hossain calls upon all officials and employees of the national flag carrier to turn it into a world class airline.

BNP’s mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain files a written complaint with returning officer alleging that his supporters and councillor contestants were being threatened to stay aside from the electoral race.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the ruling Awami League is heading towards the path of “dynastic politics with an aim to materialise a one-party state” in the country.

Al Nahian Khan Joy and Lekhak Bhattacharjee have been made president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League respectively.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for building Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) with the right values and ideals so that the country may get its future leaders from the organisation.

Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam are re-elected chairman and general secretary respectively of Jatiya Party (Manju) for next three years at the party’s triennial council at capital’s Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh needs to build self-capacity to combat climate change as countries failed to reach any consensus on ways to implement the Paris Agreement in the latest COP25 conference, civil society members say.

Thousands of mourners gather in Baghdad ahead of a funeral procession for Iran's slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others killed in a US air strike in Iraq.