A Bangladeshi was among nine foreign nationals taken hostage by Islamic State militants in an attack on an oilfield in Libya on Friday.

The BNP-led 20-party alliance has relaxed its ongoing hartal for 12 hours from 6:00am today for celebrating the Tigers' historic victory in yesterday's World Cup match. The blockade, however, will continue.

Nowadays day labourer Mosharraf Hossain does not care if he is paid half of what he usually gets as long as he can earn money.

There are over 200 accident-prone spots on highways across the country, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told parliament yesterday.

About 2 lakh acres of arable land remain uncultivated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) every year due to various reasons, said DAE sources.

Police recovers the body of an accused in an arson case from Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur this morning.

A Bangladeshi national along with eight other foreigners has been taken hostage allegedly by Islamic State from an oil field, south of Sirte in Libya

Dhaka court to decide on March 18 whether it will frame charges against eight accused for the blogger's killing

Five people are killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a nightclub in Mali's capital, Bamako

Miscreants torch the office of assistant commissioner (AC-Land) in Noakhali town by hurling two petrol bombs

City dwellers in Dhaka and elsewhere witness lax hartal on the fifth day of a fresh spell of 120-hour nationwide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance

The number of people affected by river flooding worldwide could nearly triple in the next 15 years

A former Royal Marine became the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia

Condemned war criminal Kamaruzzaman will file review petition with Supreme Court tomorrow against its verdict that upheld his death penalty

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials are likely to visit Dhaka this week to help in the Avijit murder investigation, according to a senior police official.

Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to come to Dhaka later this week to help with the investigations of murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, according to police

Online registration for Bangladeshi women seeking overseas jobs, particularly in Saudi Arabia, will begin Thursday.

Rail communications between Sylhet and Dhaka resumes after 4hours of disruption following derailment of freight train carrying oil in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj

Court officials cannot tell when a gold smuggler was punished last time. What they can tell though that there is no such instance in the past 10 years. This, they say, has contributed to the recent surge in the smuggling of the yellow metal.

The United Nations and the USA have strongly condemned the killing of blogger Avijit Roy and expressed the hope that the perpetrators will be quickly brought to justice through a transparent process of law.