Five people were injured as Hefajat-e-Islam activists clashed with local Awami League and Chhatra League men in Sylhet city this noon during the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Hefajat-e Islam.

People’s presence on roads and bazar areas in Rajshahi is thin during the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Hefajat-e-Islam today.

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail -- for five weeks -- to Pirojpur Sadar Municipality Mayor Md Habibur Rahman Malek and his wife Neela Rahman in two separate corruption cases.

The Philippine military is sending light fighter aircraft to fly over hundreds of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea, its defence minister said, as he repeated his demand the flotilla be withdrawn immediately.

The Supreme Court today stayed for four weeks a High Court verdict that granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital's Dhanmondi in October last year.

The land office in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila was set on fire during the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Hefajat-e Islam.

Dr Abdul Hannan, a prominent surgeon of Rajshahi, died of Covid-19 at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) last night.

Stocks bounced back today despite an ongoing dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Hefazat-e-Islam.

Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, the country’s national police said.

US President Joe Biden has suggested founding an initiative from "democratic" countries to rival China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road infrastructure initiative as tensions spike between the Asian power and Western nations.

At least 10 passengers were injured when Hefajat activists attacked a Chattogram-bound train from Dhaka –- Sonar Bangla Express -- at Dakshin Poirotola in Brahmanbaria around 10:00am today.

Fifteen police personnel were injured in an attack on a police camp by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila last night, police said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated Bangladesh's long-pending request for concluding the interim agreement on the sharing of water of the Teesta River with Bangladesh's fair share to alleviate sufferings of millions.

A bus was set on fire in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area this evening, hours before the countrywide hartal called by Hefajat-e-Islam tomorrow.

Four people were killed as Hefajat-e-Islam activists clashed with police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Cumilla-Sylhet highway in Sadar Upazila of Brahmanbaria this afternoon.

Hefajat-e-Islam today said they would enforce a “peaceful” dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal tomorrow protesting the killing of and attack on Hefajat men at Chattogram and Brahmanbaria on Friday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said ground-level cooperation is needed to check all those incidents happening along the India-Bangladesh border.

A group of Indian fighters, who took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971, visited Tangail today.

Bangladesh and India today signed five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in various sectors, including disaster management, resilience, and mitigation, trade, ICT, and sports.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated five projects virtually, after the bilateral talks between Bangladesh and India at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka today.