Some 15 BNP and Jamaat activists were detained yesterday allegedly for “buying votes” for mayoral and councillor candidates in Dhaka

Nepalis started fleeing their devastated capital yesterday after an earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled entire streets, as the United Nations prepared a "massive" aid operation.

Three days in a row Bangladesh experienced aftershocks of Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal.

While hearing an appeal in a case, the Supreme Court yesterday asked two High Court judges to explain about one of their

Locals and relatives of the victims of the Narayanganj seven murders yesterday formed a human chain demanding capital punishment for

The residents of Savar and Ashulia, outside the capital, have been plagued by daylong power cuts every week for more than a year due

Following the recent earthquakes in Nepal, several thousand workers of three garment factories demonstrated on Birulia-Savar road

Pedestrians face disruption while walking through the footpaths in Dhaka. Many footpaths of the city, which is one of the populated cities in the world, are seen full of vendors and makeshift shops.

An aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) reaches Kathmandu with emergency medical team and relief materials to help victims of Nepal earthquake.

Nepal earthquake may trigger major tremors in Bangladesh as the earth plates are interconnected, experts warn.

Mild tremors jolt Dhaka and many other parts of Bangladesh shortly after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal.

Two live TV shows – one in Bangladesh and the other in India – caught the moment of panic as participants rushed out of the set when a strong earthquake jolted Nepal, Bangladesh and India early afternoon yesterday.

No Bangladeshi nationals visiting or staying in Nepal have been reported to be injured in yesterday's major earthquake, says a press release signed by Nripendra Chandra Debnath, director (media) of external publicity wing of the foreign ministry.

Live TV shows catch the moment of panic as participants rush out for safety after strong earthquake jolted Nepal, Bangladesh and India.

Rana Plaza collapsed on the morning of a hot summer day, on April 24, 2013. Officially, 1100 workers died but the true total is much higher, probably closer to 1400 or 1500. The difference is on account of the 'missing' workers, of the bodies never found or those that lacked documentation as workers.

The government is going to bring some amendments to the existing rules relating to selection and appointment of non-government

Nearly 500 households of three villages in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira are facing acute fresh water crisis after two canals in the

Very few of the remaining 100 or so Bangladeshis in conflict-torn Yemen are contacting to be evacuated and brought back home,

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi youth from near Dharmagarh border in Ranishankoil upazila of Thakurgaon on

Khulshi Police Station's officer-in-charge (OC), Mainul Islam Bhuiyan, was transferred to Chittagong Metropolitan Police's (CMP) Detective