Japan election: Voting in Shinzo Abe's snap poll

Millions of Japanese people are voting in a snap election called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to boost support for his economic reforms.

No complete list of martyred intellectuals, 44 years on

The nation is still in the dark about how many intellectuals were killed by the Pakistani occupation army and their local collaborators, as successive governments could not prepare a complete list in 44 years after the independence.

Body of sunken oil tanker’s missing master recovered

The missing body of capsized oil tanker OT Southern Star 7 master, Mokhlesur Rahman, was recovered on Sunday morning from Shela river at Mrigomari area of Sunderbans, forest officials said.

Villagers collect 8000 litres of spilled oil from Sundarban

The Padma Oil Company has bought eight thousand litres of furnace oil from the villagers who collected them from the Shela River and its connecting canals in the Sundarban.

PM’s son takes $2 lakh a month as adviser: Khaleda

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday question what kind of advise the prime minister’s son provides at a cost of $ 2 lakh a month. ‘What kind of advise he gives at such cost?

Bangladesh: Asia's New Energy Superpower?

Even though Bangladesh just hit an energy mother lode in July –winning the rights to 20,000 square kilometers of natural gas-rich waters from India in a U.N. territorial arbitration, chances are you probably wouldn’t think of it.

CWAB divided over Lutfar protest

The Cricketer Welfare Association of Bangladesh is divided into two camps over its position in the recent mudslinging war between the Bangladesh Cricket Board high-ups and banned Legends of Rupganj chairman Lutfar Rahman.

Sakib celebrates ‘best two years with amazing wife’

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan and his wife Umme al Hasan Shishir celebrated their second marriage anniversary in grand style on Friday.

US Senate backs further defence spending for anti-IS fight

The US Senate has approved a new annual defence bill expanding the military campaign against Islamic State (IS).