Nothing has been able to break the ongoing political deadlock.

Shahnaz Begum is numb from the shock of her husband's death just three days ago. Yet the thought of the future of her two minor children sends shudders down her spine, unsettling her.

When most of the Tiger's fans will wake up this morning and pick up this newspaper, their beloved team will have already played out half of their game against Scotland.

Habibur Rahman Jewel, 45, has developed a symbiotic relationship with his birthplace. It is a small 2.5 katha plot in the capital's Gendaria where an old, tin-shed house once stood. What remains of it now are piles of dust, brick chunks and rubble all around.

The government is going to purchase 10 ships from China and Italy at a cost of Tk 2,777 crore under state arrangement.

We were not surprised when she reached the tin-roof house in Pallabi to console slain blogger Rajib's mother on the February 16 afternoon in 2013.

Cricket fans across the country will have to make some serious adjustments to their Thursday morning's wake-up call if they are unwilling to miss the Tigers in action against Scotland.

Shafiur Rahman Farabi is a religious extremist who has been rather open about his business. His numerous postings online show his main mission is to identify free-thinking bloggers and hound them on social media platforms.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked ministers to remain alert to the sudden rise in subversive activities and vandalism.

Since independence, 2.2 tonnes of seized illegal gold worth around $90 million has been added to the country's foreign currency reserves.

Gold smuggling has gone remarkably up of late. Big haul of the most-sought-after metal makes headline all too frequently.

Shahanara Begum, 35, felt relieved that she could buy a cauliflower on credit from a street vegetable vendor. Her five children will get some vegetable curry in their next few meals instead of potato and pulse over the past four days.

Things may not seem that bad in the capital, but elsewhere the almost two-month-long blockade coupled with frequent hartals has hit every aspect of people's lives very hard. With inter-district communications snapped, businesses have come to a near-halt,

You're getting ready for the office, not knowing how you look. A woman dresses herself up for a party, blindly. A girl is having her hairdo or makeup done before going out to meet friends, with no clue about her looks. A dentist tries to do a root canal job on a tooth deep inside a patient's mouth, basing on what he can see and what he can't. The outcome is obvious -- a laughter or disaster.

At least 41 people, including seven children, drowned and around 65 went missing, as a launch sank after being hit by a cargo vessel in the Padma river in Manikganj yesterday.

Traditionally it has been the Indian and Pakistani fans that have best represented the sub-continent during international cricketing tournaments abroad. Be it in the West Indies, England or South Africa, fans from India and Pakistan have always managed to be the most vocal and the most visible on television.

Thoughts of his family and worry over their future engrossed him throughout his journey. He knew an arson attack on his truck was enough to ruin everything.

Mamata Banerjee yesterday promised to play her due role in the Teesta water sharing deal, the longstanding enclave exchange issue, and not allowing militants use West Bengal.

Bangla songs and the slogan "Bangladesh, Bangladesh" shook the Manuka Oval far into the night after Bangladesh's victory over Afghanistan.

“We fail to understand how the accused Subhan being a Bengali Muslim actively aided, abetted and facilitated the commission of such crimes with extreme cruelty against the non combatant civilians of his own locality.