British couple convicted of trying to force daughter to marry in Bangladesh Thomson Reuters Foundation Reuters P A couple who duped their daughter into travelling to Bangladesh to marry her cousin and

Death toll rises as war on drugs rolls into 11th day At least 11 more people, including three in Dhaka, have died overnight in security forces’ anti-drug campaign amid criticism from rights groups and

Attacker kills three in Liege, dies after gunbattle with police Re A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gunbattle at a school

Govt backtracks, ministers can get PROs of their choice The government has backtracked on a decision blocking the path for ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers to get public relation officers

70 prison officials, guards found guilty of drug dealing An investigation is underway to punish those involved in drug dealing inside jails as Bangladesh has expanded its anti-narcotics campaign. At least

MPs cannot join local election campaign in own constituencies: CEC The Election Commission has budged a bit from its decision to let the MPs join campaign of party candidates in city corporation elections.

Mild heatwave likely to sweep Khulna, Rajshahi After Nor’westers and thunderstorms for the most in April-May, it is raining less, but temperature is rising in Bangladesh. Sunday's highest temperature was

Bangladesh home minister says all-out war on drugs underway Se Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the government is doing its utmost in the nationwide anti-drug operations and will not stop the ‘war’

Khaleda Zia bail: Decisions in three cases on Monday The High Court will decide on the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two Cumilla cases and one Norail case on Monday. The court concluded the bail

Afghan teenager Rashid earns praise after superb IPL show Afghan spin sensation Rashid Khan saw cricket fans in India pleading for him to be awarded citizenship after the 19-year-old single-handedly carried

Klopp says Salah "full of power" regardless of Ramadan plans Re Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp says forward Mohamed Salah will be at peak fitness for Saturday's Champions League final regardless

Prospects of US-North Korea summit brighten after Trump's tweet R Prospects that the United States and North Korea would hold a summit brightened after US President Donald Trump said late on Friday Washington

Smartphones? Not on our watch - ICC tells players Re The International Cricket Council (ICC) has warned players to stop wearing smartwatches during play to avoid any allegations of match- fixing, cricket’s

Drug war: Death toll continues to rise after overnight ‘shootouts’ At least 12 people have been killed in seven districts across the country in alleged shootouts amidst the war on drugs conducted by

Hasina gets honorary D Lit degree from India’s Kazi Nazrul University R Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accepted a doctorate in literature from West Bengal’s Kazi Nazrul University during a special

Bangladesh software entrepreneur association’s website hacked by Myanmar group The website of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services or BASIS has reportedly come under a cyber-attack

Five keys to the Champions League final R Real Madrid face Liverpool in the Champions League final in Kiev. Below are five key tactical factors that could affect the outcome of Saturday's match. Can Real

Rohingya insurgents reject Amnesty report on Hindu villagers killed in Myanmar A Rohingya Muslim armed group denied on Friday a report by human rights group Amnesty International that its members had killed

Nazrul’s works were both inspiration for and instruments of our liberation, says Hasina R Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the songs and poems of Kazi Nazrul Islam were both the inspiration and the weapons