Describing the BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront’s (JOF) decision to boycott parliament as “politically wrong”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her call to them to join the Jatiya Sangsad (JS). “There will be a call of mine to those who were elected parliament members…

Pahela Falgun, the first day of Spring in the Bengali month of Falgun, was celebrated across the country yesterday in a colourful way with young girls…

Defying their party's decision to stay out of local government elections, at least two dozen BNP leaders have submitted their nomination papers to contest the forthcoming fifth upazila parishad (UZ) polls, scheduled to take place on March 10, as independent candidates. The party’s central…

Martin Guptill returned to form with an unbeaten century as hosts New Zealand powered to an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day…

A five-member probe committee has been formed to look into Tuesday's attack on houses and shops of the Ahmadiyya community in Ahmadnagar of the district town. The committee constituted with additional district magistrate Ehtesham Reza as its head has been asked to submit its report within three…

The High Court (HC) yesterday fined a former district and sessions judge of Feni Tk. 5,000 for not providing protocol service to then HC Judge Justice Syed Amirul Islam in the district in 2003. The HC said Feroz Alam, then district and sessions judge of Feni, would have to serve a seven-day jail sentence…