Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- The Liberation War of 1971 was not the "romantic" story often told about it, writer and columnist Farhad Mazhar has said. He urged young people to pursue social change with hone... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- Bangladesh Bank has launched investigations into alleged money laundering by 42 companies that have defaulted on bank loans worth more than Tk 2 billion each. It has also instru... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Passengers of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Toronto to Dhaka have been left stranded in Rome after a technical fault forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing th... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- The government plans to build a high-speed rail link between Dhaka and Chattogram, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said. He said the route, once realised, would cut travel ti... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused a faction of "scheming to sow instability" in Bangladesh. He said the Awami League left the nation in ruins, and th... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has handed job appointment letters to 10 members of families of those slain and injured in the July Uprising. He presented the letters at his Tejga... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has alleged that the government removed several "anti-Indian aggression" exhibits from the July Uprising Memorial Museum out of ... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Like many others from his area, Saju Mia - a middle-aged man from Gaibandha's Gobindaganj Upazila - had come to Bogura's Erulia to work as a seasonal labourer during the Aman sea... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 7 -- Another shooting has occurred in Dhaka's Pallabi in the span of two weeks. Two people have now been injured in a drive-by shooting. The attack was due to a prior dispute over dr... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- The Appellate Division has suspended the High Court bail granted to former army warrant officer Hafizur Rahman in the murder case of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan... Read More