Convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed instructed his lawyers to place some particular points on behalf of him at the Supreme Court during tomorrow’s hearing on his appeal filed seeking acquittal of all the charges.

Indonesia has told Australia that most of migrants stranded at sea are illegal labourers from Bangladesh, not oppressed Muslim Rohingya, Australian minister says.

A circus elephant tramples three people to death and damages several houses at three villages in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat.

Doctors at a Shillong hospital in India, where BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is being treated, yesterday said his condition was stable but he would have to stay a few more days there due to some minor health complications.

Having don the test cap nearly two years ago against Australia, Harbhajan Singh has a chance to revive his test career when Bangladesh face India on June 10 at Fatullah.

An army major was killed and a lieutenant of Bangladesh Navy and another were injured as their car hit a roadside tree in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj today.

Leading authors, including Salman Rushdie and fellow Booker prize winners Margaret Atwood and Yann Martell, call on Bangladesh's government to put an end to a spate of deadly attacks on atheist bloggers.

At least two people were killed with several others injured and two arrested in a dispute over owning a piece of land in Pagla upazila of Mymensingh.

BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin released three days after the apex court upheld his bail.

Myanmar has rescued two migrant boats holding more than 200 people in its waters near the border with Bangladesh.

European Union lawmakers are calling on Myanmar to end the persecution of Rohingya Muslims and for Thailand to launch investigations into reports of mass graves of the Muslim minority.

At least six including three of a family are killed and one other injured after a truck rams a battery-run auto-rickshaw head-on in Panchagarh Sadar upazila.

The fourth suspect held after a war crimes tribunal issued arrest warrant for 16.

A group of United Nations human rights experts have welcome the Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai leaders’ decision not to pushback migrants and asylum seekers arriving in their territorial waters.

South African fast bowler Dale Steyn has second thoughts about touring Bangladesh in July, but it is certainly not the case with his teammate Jean-Paul Duminy.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out helping resettle the wave of migrants fleeing to Southeast Asia, saying it would worsen the problem and "encourage people to get on boats".

The government will bring back Bangladeshi human trafficking victims after coordinating with the countries concerned, said State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

Border Guard Bangladesh early rescue 17 people from Shah Porir Dip in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar while being trafficked to Malaysia illegally.

A Bangladeshi national is said to be among nine traffickers held by Thailand police in view of the worldwide alarm over human trafficking.

Mixed weather pattern is prevailing through Bangladesh this summer with rain cooling life back to tugging quilts in the north and baking everyone under heat elsewhere.