Have faith in me: Mamata
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who had been opposing the crucial Teesta water sharing deal for the last four years, on Thursday said Bangladesh need not be worried over the Teesta, assuring countrymen that the problem will be resolved soon.
Rain suspends Bangladesh-Australia match
Continuous rain under the influence of cyclonic storm Marcia has suspended the Bangladesh-Australia World Cup match in Brisbane on Saturday.
Nation salutes language heroes
Streams of mourners began filing past the shaheed minars after placing flowers at the altars across the country as clock struck the zero hour past Friday with the nation paying homage to the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 in a beefed up security amid a protracted blockade enforced by the opposition alliance.
Mahmood meets Kerry; both condemn violence, extremism
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Friday met US Secretary of State John F Kerry and they agreed that violence has no space in a democracy, and condemned the mindless violence and extremism in the name of ideology or political expression, said a Foreign Ministry media release here.
ISIS: Everything you need to know about the rise of the militant group.
The rise of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamist militant group that has seized a chunk of land stretching from northern Syria to central Iraq, has struck fear into the hearts of leaders around the world.
Son died fighting for ISIS, mom wants to fight propaganda.
Christianne Boudreau's voice wavers slightly as she recounts how her little boy became an ISIS militant. Every word seems tinged with anger and regret, but most of all, purpose.
BNP-Jamaat out to fully destroy country: PM
Wondering that hartal and blockade programmes are these days called from undisclosed locations, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat-e-Islami clique...
EP delegation for immediate end to violence Expresses concern at enforced disappearances.
The visiting European Parliament delegation on human rights that met both government and opposition representatives on Thursday called for an immediate end to the increasing violence.
Arson victim dies, 8 more burnt Train made target again.
Another firebomb victim lost his battle for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and eight more suffered burns while a train came under arson attack on Thursday, the last day of a week-long hartal coupled with an indefinite blockade that enters its 46th day today.
United Nations investigates claim of ISIS organ theft.
The United Nations is looking into claims that ISIS -- already considered the wealthiest terrorist group on record -- may be harvesting organs from slain civilians and gaining financial benefits....
