BNP criticises Indian Home Minister Amit Shah for describing the party as a repressive one and demanded immediate withdrawal of his statement.

People of all walks of life pay their last tributes to Sir Fazle Hasan Abed at Army Stadium in Dhaka.

The elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations will be held on January 30 next year.

A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents were apparently using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-floor windows to escape the heavy smoke before dawn Saturday, authorities say.

An application is filed with the High Court seeking its order on the government to conduct an enquiry into an alleged corruption in appointments of 1,173 employees in BASIC Bank during the chairmanship of Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu.

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Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and several of his associates have been injured in an attack allegedly carried out by activists of Chhatra League and Muktijuddha Mancha.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is a part of the country's history of the general people, Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus today wrote on the book of mourning after paying his last respect.

An alleged criminal has been killed in a reported “gunfight” with police in Noakhali.

Awami League’s new central full committee is likely to be announced on Tuesday, says Obaidul Quader, who has been re-elected as the party’s general secretary.

A Bangladeshi cattle trader, allegedly shot by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Thakurgaon frontier early today, has died at a local hospital.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the Navy personnel to work with honesty, sincerity and integrity for further brightening the country’s honour and dignity after being imbued with the spirit of sacrifice.

Jamia Millia Islamia university has submitted a fresh report to the Human Rights Development (HRD) Ministry requesting judicial enquiry into the entry of police on the university premises on December 15. The varsity had earlier submitted reports in the matter on December 15-16.

Brac founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is laid to eternal rest at the Banani graveyard in Dhaka after Zohr prayers.

The death toll from a storm that battered Spain, Portugal and France rises to eight as the region braced for more violent winds and heavy rain.

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition parties are preparing for a fresh face-off from tomorrow on the issue of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and proposed National Register of Citizens across the country.

Thousands of people joined fresh rallies against a contentious citizenship law in India on Saturday, with 25 killed so far in nearly two weeks of widespread unrest.

Two Bangladeshis are killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia.

BNP will observe the golden jubilee of independence in a befitting manner next year, party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

Rab claim to have arrested two yaba traders from Dhaka’s Mohakhali area while smuggling 22,330 pieces of the contraband pills in a private car from Cox’s Bazar.