Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

Bangladesh climbed up a spot to 135 among 189 countries in the 2019 human development index, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

In the absence of its chairperson, Khaleda Zia, the unity within the BNP is almost in tatters, with some leaders tendering their resignation over growing differences with the top brass.

Bangladesh witnessed a remarkable 62 percent decline in the prevalence of malaria in 2017-18, said a World Health Organization report.

The BNP may go for street agitation across the country for the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia if she is denied bail in a corruption case.

Bangladesh is seventh among the 10 countries worst hit by extreme weather events, says a global climate report.

The government has decided to phase out the use of bricks by 2025 in all its construction works to reduce the air pollution as brick kilns are one of the major sources of air pollution in Bangladesh.

Ragging in the dormitories of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) had been going on for a long time and many victim students became depressed and mentally imbalanced, probes have revealed.

Bangladesh last year had 70 percent less deaths in terrorist attacks than the previous year, says a new global study.

While Bangladesh has made good progress in the sanitation sector, sanitation workers are still leading a dehumanising life, as most of them have to work manually and without safety gears.

Legendary Singer Runa Laila has earned unparalleled love and respect in her fifty-four yearlong career. Born to parents Emdad Ali and Amina Laila on November 17, she began playback singing with Subol Das’ composition in Nazrul Islam directorial film Swaralipi.

Despite a concerning shortage of manpower in the railway sector, the government has made little effort to address the situation and has instead focused on massive infrastructural development projects.

The driver of Turna Nishita Express was possibly drowsy when the train rammed Udayan Express in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba around 3:00am yesterday, said the head of a probe committee formed by the railways ministry.

Dr Shashi Tharoor is a former UN under-secretary-general and currently a serving Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha in India.

Air pollution is a not a problem of any particular country, it is rather a global issue, said Alice G Wells, US acting assistant secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asia and also an air quality expert.

An Indian citizen was named in the list of the Bangladesh National Film Award winners for 2017-18 published on the information ministry’s official website yesterday.

Former foreign minister M Morshed Khan yesterday tendered his resignation to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, citing personal grounds.

Overall air quality status in Dhaka previously showed that winter was the most polluted season. But according to a study, things are changing in recent years.

It is hard to find a birthday party without a few floating balloons.

Computer engineering and IT graduates have a higher job placement rate than any other graduates in the country’s job market, a recent study found.

In the aftermath of the gruesome murder of Abrar Fahad last week, Buet Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saiful Islam says he thinks he had no failure in handling the situation.