Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque yesterday alleged that the ghost of Jamaat-e-Islami launched the terror attack in Gulshan to unsteady the country. The law minister said, “There is no existence of IS militant in Bangladesh. None but the ghosts of Jamaat-e-Islami launched…

Australia is enhancing its cooperation with Bangladesh on shared security challenges, including counter-terrorism and human smuggling, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said. In a media release posted on the Australian foreign ministry website on Friday on the appointment of a new high commissioner…

Some Hajj agency owners have urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to request the Saudi Arabian government to increase the quota for Bangladeshi pilgrims as many countries, including Iran, are not sending their nationals to perform Hajj this year. Around 40,000 additional pilgrims have pre-registered their…

Though the government has recognised the transgender or hijra community as the third gender over two and a half years back, the Election Commission is yet to enroll them as voters and provide them with NID cards with their distinct sexual identity, reports UNB. Currently, the hijra community members…

Sirajganj: The Indian wild elephant, which was washed into Bangladesh with floodwater from Assam through Roumari border in Kurigram about a month ago, could not be rescued as of yesterday, reports UNB. The elephant took shelter in Charcinna area of Kajipur upazila of Sirajganj on Tuesday after roaming…

The 91st birth anniversary of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first prime minister of Bangladesh, was observed with various programmes in Kapasia of Gazipur yesterday. Kapasia unit of Chhatra League brought out a procession in the upazila town in the morning. Later, they cut a cake at the upazila Awami league office. …

BNP staged demonstrations at different places across the country yesterday demanding the withdrawal of all cases against party chief Khaleda Zia and senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman, and said it would handle the issue of Tarique Rahman’s graft conviction legally and politically. Speakers at…

Founding vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and language movement veteran DR Sadruddin Ahmad Chowdhury died of old age complications at a hospital in the capital yesterday noon. He was 86, reports BSS. Dr Chowdhury was under treatment at capital's Lab Aid Hospital.…

Dhaka University Shamsu­nnahar Hall authorities and various students’ organisations of the university observed ‘Shamsunnahar Hall Tragedy Day’ on Saturday. On the occasion they demanded exemplary punishment for those who were involved in the assault on students of the hall on the…

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday instructed her party central leaders to inspect the activities of the recently formed anti-terror committees formed in each locality across the country. She also directed her party leaders to go their respective locality to create awareness…

Dhaka University Transport Department Senior Technical Officer Abdul Wahab Khan died after falling from the roof of their four-storey Nilkhet Residential Area quarters yesterday. DU Acting Proctor Prof M Amzad Ali confirmed the incident. Family sources said, Wahab, 55, had been staying at the Nilkhet…