Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

Two out of every three Taka of health care costs in Bangladesh is borne by the people while the rest by the government, NGOs and others.

The Election Commission is going to extend the September 20 deadline for wrapping up talks with political parties.

Some parties consider it achievable, some need more time to do so and there are many others who consider it a distant goal.

Restrictions on elephants' free movement, scarcity of their food and development work in their habitats by government and non-government organisations fuelled the elephant-human conflict in the country, leading to deaths on both sides.

For the first time, an initiative has been taken to exchange the critically endangered Gharials among the zoos to increase the species' population, according to officials.

The rate of people getting divorced and living separately from their spouses almost doubled over the last decade, revealed a recent

The Election Commission begins a dialogue today on upcoming parliamentary elections with the civil society representatives who would stress a level-playing field for all political parties.

A globally banned toxic pesticide caused an outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), killing 13 children in Dinajpur in 2012, says a study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on Monday.

Over the last five years, more women got married at a younger age while men's average age of marriage kept going up. Last year, women's average age of marriage was 18.8 years, dropping from 19.3 in 2012. During the period, that for men rose to 26.3 from 24.7.

Seven people died in Bangladesh last year in defending their homes and land from power or agricultural projects as opposed to no

The Election Commission has asked all the registered political parties to send the name of a person each within seven working days so

Bangladesh since 2007 has had more people of working age than non-working, known as demographic dividend, and by 2040 this window of opportunity to accelerate economic growth would start to close. Now, more than 65 percent of the population are of working age, between 15 and 64.

Two years ago, BJP, the ruling party in India, claimed to be the world's largest political party with 8.8 crore members, surpassing the Communist Party of China, which has 8.6 crore.

Shakhawat and Shaila were about to go home with their newborn from the clinic on July 1. But they decided to prolong their stay at Lake View Clinic to let the new mother and her baby have the nursing care given by the clinic for another day.

Four security experts have elaborated on the pre-Holey Artisan attack militancy situation and the government's response to tackle

Leaders of major political parties used the Eid holidays to campaign for the parliamentary elections scheduled for 2019.

Adult literacy rate in the country rose to a 12-year high of 72.3 percent last year. The rate was 51.6 percent in 2004 and 64.6 percent in 2015, says a report titled “Sample Vital Registration System (SVRS)” prepared by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

The house on Gulshan Avenue from where BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has recently been evicted has a unique story of love, deception and battle for ownership.

Bangladesh has been ranked the third most peaceful country in South Asia, faring better than India, Pakistan and Nepal in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2017.

Although the country has seen a rise in voluntary and direct donation of blood in recent years, it still lags well behind demand.