Police have detained two staff members of a coffee shop in the Taltola area of Khilgaon in Dhaka for beating a woman with a stick.  Manager of the 'Apon Coffee House' Alamin, along with another staff ...

Bangladesh has officially signed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Labour Centre Statute at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah which will contribute towards promoting labour rights and welfare ...

US President Donald Trump has said Chinese-made smartphones and other electronics will not be exempt from tariffs, rather, they were simply moving into a different levy "bucket". European stock ...

The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, today (14 April) with a vibrant daylong programme featuring cultural performances and a traditional 'Pitha ...

The clashes, which erupted in South 24 Parganas' Bhangar on Monday, led to several injuries and the torching of multiple police vehicles ...

A child was killed and two others injured after a minibus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur's Telipara area this evening (14 April). Following the accident, an enraged ...

At least 14 houses were reportedly vandalised and looted in Rupdia of Jashore Sadar upazila yesterday (13 April) allegedly by a former Jamaat-e-Islami leader and his supporters. Around 40-50 armed men ...

The identity of the masked youth seen setting fire to a motif of fascism at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Dhaka University has been identified, but police have yet to make any arrest.

Charak Puja has been celebrated for hundreds of years in this region as part of the Gajan festival, a centuries-old observance in honour of Lord Shiva ...

An all-female crew, including pop star Katy Perry, returned to Earth today after making a space flight on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket. The crew shared a special moment as they entered space, said ...

The accused, Md Shuvo Islam (21), son of Md Hasnur Rahman of Paschim Balagram village in Jaldhaka upazila, allegedly kidnapped the girl from nearby Purbo Balagram on 25 March ...

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