The 68th day of the countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, passed off amid stray incidents of violence on Saturday, reports UNB.

 As many as 51 people died on Saturday when a passenger bus drove off a cliff in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, police said.The bus, en route from ...

Ruling Awami League leader Syed Ashraful Islam has criticised the media for paying “extra attention” to Western diplomats.These diplomats often push Bangladesh’s bickering political parties to sort out differences at ...

Exports fell for a third straight month in February, underscoring a risk to the economic growth, as a steep decline in shipments to major markets such as the European Union ...

Police have filed a lawsuit against Shafiur Rahman Farabi, a suspect in blogger-writer Avijit Roy murder, under the Information and Communication Technology Act.Inspector Fazlur Rahman of the Detective Branch of ...

A Serbian military helicopter carrying a sick baby for treatment in Belgrade crashed near the capital's main airport, the defence ministry said on Saturday.The state broadcaster, Radio-Television Serbia, reported seven ...

When the order come to hand then we will aresst Khaledha Zia. The director of police says it today. Police director Sohidul Islam went to the Dhaka University  Noyab Ali ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out chances of a dialogue with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, whose party has been enforcing a crippling blockade across Bangladesh.

Dhoni hugs Raina with a smile. The players shake hands, before Dhoni and Raina walk off the field. The rest of the Indian players come out and shake hands with ...

A defence lawyer said on Saturday Pakistan has again detained LeT terrorist and Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi for one month after a court ordered his release.The lawyer Rizwan ...

 A suspected mugger was injured in a mob attack at KM Das Lane in Wari of the capital early Saturday.The victim was Makbul, 45.Local people said Makbul intercepted a fish ...

Eight policemen have been injured in an attack by a group of gamblers during a raid in Khagrhachharhi.They attackers also vandalized the vehicle of the Sadar Police Station’s officer-in-charge on ...

"The Fair and Lovely Foundation 2ndInternational Women's Film Festival" begins in the capital today.Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, is scheduled to inaugurate the four-day festival at the Shawkat Osman ...

Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam. File photoAwami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said discussion is only possible with Bangladesh Nationalist Party if they stop violence in the ...

A schoolteacher was found dead inside the office room of a school where he used to work as a part-timer in Puran Munsefi residential area of Habiganj town on Saturday.The ...

Police arrested seven leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-Shibir for ‘sabotage plan’ from different places of the city during a drive continuing for 24 hours till Saturday ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general Barkat Ullah Bulu, urged Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif to refrain from the ‘bad habit’ of denying commitment.

The US has expressed concerns over a plot to abduct Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, expatriate Awami League (AL) leaders claim.Several leaders of the ...

Pakistan successfully tested a homemade armed drone and a laser-guided missile Friday, the military said, taking it a step closer to acquiring the technology it has long demanded from the ...

SUVA, Fiji: A huge tropical cyclone smashed into Vanuatu in the South Pacific, terrifying residents and leaving "complete devastation" with fears on Saturday that dozens of people may have died.