Two presiding officers are shot in Noakhali as reports of gunfire came from voting centres in Patuakhali and Satkhira during the first phase of union parishad elections.

A woman suffers burns after her husband allegedly poured boiling water over her following an altercation in Badda area of Dhaka.

Australia make Bangladesh pay a heavy price for their lackluster display in the field and come out in front by three wickets in the vital Super Ten match of ICC WT20 2016 at Bangalore.

The Philippines’ failure to address the loopholes in anti-money laundering safeguards could affect even foreign investments in the infrastructure space, a conduit for which is the Aquino administration’s flagship Public Private Partnership (PPP) program.

Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell and Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar stand by Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed upon his suspension by International Cricket Council over bowling action.

The government inks a deal with British company Redline for screening at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a bid to standardise its security aspects.

Famed Bangladeshi actress Parveen Sultana Diti was laid to rest in Sonargaon of Narayanganj next to her parents in a family graveyard.

Cricket fans form a human chain in Dhaka demanding withdrawal of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision suspending Arafat Sunny and Taskin Ahmed.

Bangladesh and Australia face off in a survival fight in the Twenty20 World Cup.

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that ruling Awami League distorted Khaleda Zia’s statement to mislead the people.

High Court issues two separate rules asking the government to explain in three weeks as to why Mahmudur Rahman Manna, currently in jail, should not be granted bail in two cases.

Paltan police has submitted charge sheet against BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 33 others in a violence case of last year.

All vessels have been barred from using the Shela river route through the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a listed heritage site, days after a coal-laden vessel sank in the river. This is the second time the route has been banned after an oil tanker sank in the same river a year ago.

A Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice to the attorney general asking him to explain under what authority he has been holding the office as he is beyond 67 years of age.

Masked miscreants brandish guns and pick up an independent chairman candidate of the Union Parishad polls from his house before killing him in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila.

British company Redline has been given the job for screening at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at Tk 73.98 crore for two years.

The government has issued a draft 11-point guideline for social media use of public servants with provisions against propagation of political ideology and provocative statements.

A former election commissioner alleges that the elections in Bangladesh have become an opportunity of nomination trade with money.

Law enforcers submits a charge sheet against 28 people including Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farjana, arrested for funding militants, in a case filed under anti-terrorism act.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks cooperation from the country's architects in building infrastructures using local resources keeping in mind the environment and land resource constraint.