He further said Bangladesh is a country of harmony, adding that for hundreds of years, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, Paharis, Bengalis, and tribal communities have lived together peacefully.

The National Consensus Commission today (16 August) sent the draft of the July Charter to political parties. Leaders from two political parties have confirmed receiving the document. The draft ...

According to Hindu mythology, Sri Krishna was born on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the Bangla month of Bhadra. It is believed that he incarnates in every age to protect the virtuous from ...

Jubo Dal and Jamaat members staged a procession at Chaprashirhat Bazar later that night protesting the arrangement of the event ...

Police recovered the bodies of three workers from a water tank at an under-construction building in the capital's Bashundhara Residential Area this afternoon (16 August). Another worker was rescued in ...

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The Bangladesh Army said the joint presence of the Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman, Navy Chief Admiral M Nazmul Hasan, and Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmud Khan added grandeur to the celebration and ...

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Family members said they had received information that the men were being held at a checkpoint in Rakhine State’s Maungdaw town, but no direct contact had been made.

A Dhaka court has sent rickshaw-puller Azizur Rahman, who was beaten by a mob while trying to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka yesterday, to jail in an attempted murder ...

Responding to a question over advisers’ wealth, he said the wealth statements of advisers were submitted long ago.

The sources, who have knowledge of the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity, said no agreement had been reached but talks between South Sudan and Israel were ongoing.