Man held over 'US army base plot'

A 20-year-old US citizen has been charged with attempting to explode a car bomb at Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kansas.

Obama says ‘days of meddling’ in Latin America are past

US President Barack Obama has told Latin American leaders that the days when his country could freely interfere in regional affairs are past.

BSF shot 2 Bangladeshis dead at Benapole

Indian Border Security Force on early Saturday gunned down two Bangladeshis on Putkhali frontier of Benapole in Jessore.

Kamaruzzaman refuses to seek presidential clemency

State minister for home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal Friday said that execution of death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman could be carried out anytime today.

DHAKA, CHITTAGONG CITY POLLS

Candidates embark on electioneeringCandidates for mayors and ward councillors in the three civic polls embarked on formal electioneering to win the hearts of the people of Dhaka and Chittagong shortly after the Election Commission distributed polls symbols on Friday, a weekly holiday.

Mumbai attack suspect Lakhvi released on bail in Pakistan

The suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, has been released on bail from a Pakistani jail, officials say.

Emajuddin demands army a week before city polls

Adarsha Dhaka Andolan convener Emajuddin Ahmed on Friday demanded the deployment of army a week before the elections of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations, scheduled for April 28.

Magistrates meet Kamaruzzaman at jail

Two magistrates met war crimes death row inmate Muhammad Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka Central Jail on Friday morning to know if he would file application for presidential clemency.

Kabari, Bobby, Salam quits mayoral race.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party economic affairs secretary Abdus Salam has quit the mayoral race for Dhaka south city corporation while former adviser to Jatiya Party chairman Bobby Hajjaj and former Awami League MP Sarah Begum Kabari quit the race in Dhaka north city corporation........