Dhaka, Bangladesh News

Cultural arena was deeply shocked by the death of legendary actor Humayun Faridee, who died early Monday morning, at the age of 60 at his residence in Dhanmondi.

An outbreak of the Nipah virus in northern Bangladesh has killed 30 people since the start of 2011, prompting national health warnings against the fatal pathogen spread by fruit bats.

Bangladesh has asked India to invoke the spirit of cooperation and friendship witnessed during its war of liberation against West Pakistan in 1971, particularly with respect to the resolution of the stalled Teesta water sharing treaty, in order to move forward on all other fronts such as transit and trade of goods and services from mainland India ... (more)

Railway communication between Dhaka and the rest of the country was disrupted after four wagons of a goods train carrying diesel derailed on Karwan Bazar level crossing between Tejgaon and Kamalapur railway station on Sunday afternoon.

In the past three months, three attempted coups have been foiled in our neighbourhood plunging the governments there into crisis modes.

The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Indian firm for a feasibility study on the development of wind-power plants in five districts in Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi journalists Sunday warned of waging a movement for the resignation of the home minister if the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi were not arrested.

Britain will soon launch an express business visa service for Bangladeshi companies with strong links to the UK, its high commissioner to Dhaka said on Sunday.

The National Board of Revenue's attempt to persuade retail shops to use electronic cash registers as a way of increasing the level of VAT collection has so far failed since only 25 per cent of the shops who are supposed to install the machine have done so.

RIYADH: From aviation to entertainment, from model to superstar and now widely known as a business tycoon, celebrated film actor Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique is flying high and is looking to achieve more.

New Delhi may put pressure on Dhaka to extend the Inland Water Transit and Trade protocol between India and Bangladesh for a longer period when the two sides meet today in the capital, said concerned officials.

A student of Sir Salimullah Medical College in Dhaka on Saturday picks up his belongings in a room of a hostel that was vandalised during Chhatra League factional clashes the night before.

Fans of writer Zafar Iqbal crowd around him to receive autograph of the writer at the Ekushey Book Fair ground in Dhaka on Saturday.

Artistes of Chittagong Sangeet Bhaban entertained Dhaka audience by presenting Tagore's 'bhanga gaan,' compositions based on other external influences especially Indian classical music, on Thursday at the auditorium of Indira Gandhi Cultural Center in Gulshan.

The motive of the killings is unknown. Police officer Imam Hossain said authorities are investigating the killings early Saturday of Sagar Sarwar and his wife, Mehrun Runi.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Police say two television journalists in Bangladesh have been found stabbed to death in their home in the capital of Dhaka.

Two Bangladeshi journalists -- a husband-wife duo -- were Friday night found murdered at their home in Dhaka, police said Saturday.

By Mizan Rahman Dhaka What were launched as border haats aiming to help the villagers and bolster friendship between Bangladesh and India, have ultimately gone into the hands of a syndicate.

Japan's new ambassador to Bangladesh, Shiro Sadoshima, arrived in Dhaka recently.

Hashikul has been briefing Nirmal-babu on the development, and Nirmal-babu has increasingly been feeling inadequate to advise him on this.