That humid August afternoon changed Bangladesh politics, perhaps forever. An Awami League rally was in progress at the Bangabandhu Avenue and it was around 5.15pm at the fag end of the rally when Sheikh Hasina, then the opposition leader, started her speech from the top of an open truck.

A case has been filed against 10 named and 60 other anonymous people over the incident of ruling party men snatching away detainees from police custody in Mymensingh.

300 leaders and activists of Awami League barely escape with their lives in the grenade attack which kill 24 people in a party rally at Bangabandhu Avenue rally in Dhaka on August 21, 2004.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order on the authorities to take back the Brazilian wheat if any department desires to return the grains.

BCB will issue show-cause notices to Elias Sunny and Nadif Chowdhury after they participated in a private Twenty20 tournament last month in the USA.

Following a string of brutal “machete” murders of Bangladeshi bloggers, an open letter today calls upon the Bangladeshi government to stop “victim-blaming” the bloggers and focus on catching the extremists who are murdering them.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggests a joint exercise by the disaster management forces of South Asian countries for a joint response to natural calamities as he held talks with visiting Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina.

The High Court fixes Sunday for passing order on two petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia praying to court to call for the records and the final report in Barapukuria corruption case.

A ward-level Jubo League leader, who is shot by unidentified criminals in Dhaka yesterday, died at a hospital in Dhaka.

A Dhaka court places Shawkat Mahmud, journalist and adviser to the BNP chairperson, on a three-day remand in connection with a case filed over the death of private car driver in the January agitation.

The High Court directs prison authorities to hospitalise BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed for treatment.

"All hell broke loose there, they made it look like doomsday," recalls Motaher Hossain, general secretary of the Krishak League, who was standing barely a yard from the dais raised on a truck when indiscriminate bombs and gunshots rocked the area.

A Bashkhali court places the three arrested lawyers for their alleged funding of a new-found militant outfit, Shaheed Hamja Brigade in a four-day remand each.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays tributes to Suvra Mukherjee, the wife of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, by placing a wreath at her coffin in New Delhi.

Human Rights Watch today observed that the free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before in the country.

A ruling party activist allegedly involved in the August 15 infighting in Kushtia that left one dead is killed in gunfight.

Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world, and has not only experienced several catastrophes in its young history, but is persistently hit by seasonal disasters.

Bangladesh clinch SAFF U-16 football championship 2015 by defeating India 4-2 in tie-breaker at Sylhet District Stadium.

Agitating journalists to observe a token hunger strike in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka demanding release of journalist Probir Sikdar.

The Supreme Court observes that constructive criticism can be made after a court delivers its judgement.