Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Bangladesh's political theatre has entered a new and perilous act. The International Crimes Tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself created to try the crimes against humanity of 1971 ha... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A court has issued an order to freeze 33 bank accounts under the names of former home minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and his wife Sitara Alamgir. The accounts had more than $62.8 m... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has reported that 198 murders have taken place in the capital this year, averaging nearly 20 killings per month. Speaking to journalists on Tuesd... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- No other political leader in Bangladesh has stayed in power for as long. And no other head of state or government in Bangladesh has ever had the shadow of a death sentence hanging ov... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Dhaka University Deputy Registrar Muhammad Lovelu Mollah has been arrested in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Shahbagh Police Station chief Mohammad Khali... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A Chhatra Dal leader has been stabbed to death in Barishal over a dispute that began during a "sweet distribution" programme following the announcement of a death sentence against ou... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has said the country will respond decisively to any provocation, "in the same way as it did in May" during the brief, yet intense, confli... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan have received capital punishment from the International Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against hu... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A branch of Grameen Bank in Magura's Mohammadpur Upazila has reportedly been hit by an arson attack. Unidentified attackers allegedly poured petrol through a window and set fire to ... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of 57 bank accounts belonging to Awami League Presidium member and former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanok, his wife and daughter as part of an ong... Read More