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.

In an overnight raid yesterday, the Rapid Action Battalion seized a huge cache of explosives and bombs from a militant hideout at Halishahar in Chittagong.

Sammilita Sangskritik Jote will go for a mass hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, protesting the ongoing killings, destruction and anarchy on the street, on March 6

Another round of 72-hour hartal starts tomorrow morning and it is likely to leave the SSC exam schedule in tatters, inflict further loses to businesses, and hurt the economy and the livelihoods of people.

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday said eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna should be arrested and tried for “treason”.

Pakistan government tightens cellphone control, making sure the name, number and fingerprints of Pakistani citizens are on record

Miscreants set fire to a land office in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni

Seven more bodies floating kilometres downstream from the site of Sunday's launch accident in the Padma were recovered yesterday, raising the death toll to 78.

The government defers tomorrow’s SSC examination to March 7 (Saturday) due to the BNP-led 20-party alliance's ongoing countrywide hartal

Customs intelligence detain two passengers and seize 161 gold bars, weighing over 18 kilogrammes, from their possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka

Amnesty International urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in situations of mass atrocities

Reporters Without Borders has requested the authorities concerned not to take any judicial action against The Daily Star for publishing a photograph of a poster of banned militant organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir.

The Editors' Council has expressed serious concern, saying it has become difficult for the press and the national media to work independently and in an unbiased manner.

A day after the leak of two phone conversations of Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, the organisation abruptly postponed its planned mass procession yesterday afternoon.

The death toll in Sunday's launch disaster in the Padma in Manikganj rose to 70, and the ill-fated vessel, MV Mostafa, was salvaged yesterday.

When Mamata Banerjee jokingly complained about not getting enough hilsa in Kolkata, Sheikh Hasina quipped: the more water flows into Bangladesh, the more hilsa there will be.

The fresh spell of 72-hour hartal from 6:00am today has forced the government to defer more SSC and equivalent public exams slated for today and Tuesday.

One more innocent life succumbs to the brutal and mindless arson today at the critical care of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burn unit

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said actions would be taken against The Daily Star, the country's largest circulating English daily,

Abdul Matin sells caps and books at a roadside shop in the city's Tejturibazar area. His daily sale before the blockade was around Tk 1,000, which drastically dropped to Tk 400 now.