It is a trend that appears to be predictable but devoid of all logic – the spiraling of prices of essentials just before Ramadan.

The prime minister's call to the leaders of the wealthiest nations at the Outreach Meeting of the recently held G7 Summit in Japan to be more generous to less developed countries is substantive and timely.

Even the chief election commissioner (CEC) has admitted that violence has escalated in the fifth phase of the elections.

A human chain was formed in Barguna district town yesterday, demanding uninterrupted power supply and setting up of a 132-KV grid

Mamata Banerjee has proven how a committed leader can sweep the polls against veteran rival, the Communist Party (Marxist-

We take the developments regarding Bangladeshis' involvement in terrorism in Singapore very seriously, for though the

When nine people mysteriously go “missing” from two villages of the same upazila in less than a month, including three members of the same family...

The report in this paper, carrying the news of a large number of families in near starving condition in Thanchi upazilla of Bandarban is grim as well as shocking.

Those on the road yesterday experienced firsthand the agony of Dhaka's traffic gridlock, this time caused by a DNCC event and a procession of the education ministry.

A day after we wrote about a man wrongfully incarcerated for 13 years, we find that a minor was tried in a wrong court and under a wrong law.

Families of victims of enforced disappearances, who were mostly opposition BNP activists, today urged the prime minister to get back their dear ones at a demonstration staged in Dhaka.

When 59 former enclaves finally became a fully-fledged part of Lalmonirhat district in northern Bangladesh on 31 July 2015, it seemed the decades of difficulty and disadvantage that had characterised life in an enclave were at an end. But for many former-enclave

We as a nation honour ourselves by revering Kazi Nazrul Islam as our national poet. And why shouldn't we, considering his immense contribution to poetry, music and the spirit of nationalism?

While we may express dismay and sympathy for Zobed Ali Biswas who spent an additional 13 years in jail after being acquitted in a case, can we even begin to comprehend what the man had to endure during incarceration despite being declared innocent?

Three people were killed by lightning in Chapainawabganj and Jessore districts in the last two days. A man and a housewife were killed

A man was killed as a storm lashed Ghior upazila in the district yesterday. The deceased is Ramzan Ali, 60, of Sindhunagar village. He

Eight people were electrocuted in last six months as the victims came in contact with uncovered power supply lines and illegally drawn lines in different areas of the district, said police, referring to unnatural death cases filed in connection with the incidents.

Islamic State is trying to ride a wave of religious radicalisation by “falsely claiming” a spate of killings in Bangladesh, a minister says adding there is enough evidence implicating domestic militant groups.

The nation is paying tribute to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on the occasion of his 117th birth anniversary.

The bloody conflict in Syria has entered its 6th year. And we were reminded of it on May 23 when 7 explosions ripped through north-eastern Syria in the heartland of government-controlled territory.