Cricketer Rubel gets bail

A tribunal of women and children repression prevention in Dhaka on Sunday granted fresh bail to national cricketer Rubel Hossain in a rape case filed by actress Naznin Akter Happy.

Boston bombing trial: Death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

A US jury has sentenced Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by lethal injection.

Kohli may skip Bangladesh tour

The Indian team is likely to travel to Bangladesh with a new Test captain.

Muhith hints at tax increase on RMG exports

Finance minister MA Muhith on Friday hinted at increasing tax on readymade garments exports arguing that the industry had became matured with various government supports.

Fishermen rescue 797 from sinking boat off Aceh

Hundreds of Bangladeshi, Rohingya migrants feared stranded at sea

NEC clears biggest ever ADP

The National Economic Council on Thursday approved the biggest ever Tk 97,000 crore Annual Development Programme for the next fiscal year.

Govt’s 6.51pc GDP growth calculation raises eyebrows

The country’s economy has posted a growth of gross domestic product (GDP) by 6.51 per cent in the current fiscal year (2014-15) despite political unrest for three months of the second half of the fiscal year, according to a provisional estimate of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

ISIS No. 2 leader al-Afri killed in airstrike, Iraq says

Iraqi military said Wednesday that ISIS' No. 2 leader has been killed in a coalition airstrike -- a claim that the Pentagon said it does not corroborate.The airstrike struck northern Iraq's Tal Afar city,

Will China and India be partners -- or rivals?

Commentators and pundits often declare that the 21st century will belong to China and India.The math suggests this makes sense: They are the world's two largest nations, forming a third of the world's population,