Eminent historian Prof Muntassir Mamoon has filed a general diary (GD) seeking security following recent threats by militant outfits.

Newspaper owners demand that the online media is run under existing laws instead of a mandatory separate registration for such outlets.

The government has decided to appoint Rabab Fatima, currently serving as director general (East Asia and Pacific) in the foreign ministry, as Bangladesh’s next ambassador to Japan.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan reiterates there is no organisational existence of terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.

The High Court orders Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities to provide Nazma Begum, an acid victim of Chandpur, with treatment in the burn unit of the hospital at its own cost until she gets fully cured.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves the much-hyped multilane road tunnel project under the Karnaphuli River involving Tk 8,446.64 crore.

A Dhaka court frames charges against four ‘IS’ suspects for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple the democratic government through subversive activities and establish a Khilafat state.

The government decides to double the import duty on rice – to discourage import of the staple and encourage domestic crop growers.

The United Nations has renewed its call on the Bangladesh government to immediately institute a moratorium on the death penalty and abolish this inhuman practice altogether.

Pakistan’s top rights activist Asma Jahangir criticises the Pakistan government for demonstrating ‘disproportionately high passion’ against the execution of two top war criminals in Bangladesh. “The government (Pakistan) was only confirming the fact that two men were political agents and working for the cause of Pakistan,” she says.

Sector Commanders Forum -Muktijuddho '71 has condemned Pakistan’s interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh.

Elections to 234 municipalities across the country will be held on December 30, the chief election commissioner announces.

Mystery shrouds the death of a 60-year-old Japanese woman, who had been illegally living in Bangladesh for the last nine years, police say.

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have detained BNP's Rangpur city unit President Mozaffar Hossain from Lalmonirhat.

An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, who was injured in an attack allegedly by some students at MM College in Jessore yesterday, succumbs nearly six hours after the incident that left another Shibir man dead.

The United States has appreciated Bangladesh’s progress on sustainability compact and GSP plan of action, a press release of Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC said.

The life of a Dhakaite is a simple one-live and let live. This one simple rule is what makes Dhaka the dream city for muggers. With the rise of such incidents, thieves are becoming more innovative in their trait to keep us constantly baffled with their means of stealing.

Five people are killed and another is injured as a truck hits a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Comilla-Noakhali regional highway at Fatehpur in Laksam upazila of Comilla.

Precisely what will be achieved by making derogatory remarks on the judicial process, that has allowed for Bangladesh to bring to a close the demand of a nation and its people who have sought for the better part of four decades redress for crimes committed against an unarmed people, is still unclear.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells the parliament that the people of Bangladesh will not overcome the stigma if the ongoing trials against war criminals are not completed.