Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi praised the Indian people for showing utmost restraint and said, “India would do nothing to provoke war”. She was addressing the Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels today.

In the eighties, the coastal district of Bagerhat used to meet the lion’s share of country’s coconut oil demand by producing about 26 metric tonnes of oil every day at 60 mills across the district.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the United Nations should be a voice of all the countries, not just the mouthpiece of a few countries.

Square Pharmaceuticals and Square Textiles have decided to invest Tk 646 crore for expansion of their business.

Dekko ISHO Technologies (DITECH), a concern of Dekko ISHO Group, has signed a strategic capital investment agreement with Fashol.com Limited, a business-to-business startup aiming to change the country's age-old perishable supply chain using technology, data, and efficient logistics.

A written complaint has been lodged against local Awami League leader Abu Bakkar Siddique Shyamol for constructing a structure illegally on land belonging to Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) -- beside the Teesta Barrage bypass road -- in Lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha upazila.

At present, there seems to be a massive lack in teaching the value of mutual respect in our education system. There is also no place for protest or criticism in the society. The existing political system in the country makes it easier for fundamentalist forces to develop. Combined, these issues have resulted in the attack on the Hindu community during the recent Durga Puja.

Bangladesh needs to attain self-sufficiency in vaccine supply as soon as possible to combat Covid-19 and any future public health emergencies, Ramon Magsaysay Award winner scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri has said.

Legendary singer, songwriter and activist Joan Baez sang at Crisler Arena in Michigan and appealed to the audience to help the

At least six Rohingyas were killed and eight others injured as a group of armed criminals attacked a madrasa inside a refugee camp in Ukhiya early yesterday, hours after a block raid of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn). 

Fishermen of Majhipara village look to the Akhira for their livelihood, but since October 17 they have been unable to answer the river’s call even though they need its bounties desperately.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today began her 20-day tour of six western countries including the USA and Britain amid intensified military preparation by India and Pakistan in their respective border areas.

The deadline for Transparency International Bangladesh’s (TIB) anti-corruption cartoon competition has been extended to October 31 from its original deadline of September 30. The contest will be held over the Zoom platform virtually.

After 15 years of wait, the Jananetri Sheikh Hasina Shishu Park was finally inaugurated yesterday evening at Sylhet city’s Alampur area, near the Surma river.

Bangladesh needs to apply lessons from the Chinese experience to eliminate poverty and take the country to the developed nations’ list by 2041, speakers said at an international webinar on Wednesday.

In a naked attack on the environment, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have cut down around 1,700 trees to construct the connecting road of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel in Chattogram.

On October 4, a dead dolphin washed up on the shores of Hathazari upazila’s North Madarshah Ramdas Munshirhat area.

33, Revati Mohan Das Road, used to be known as the Sutrapur Zamindar Palace, with a history and legacy of hundred years attached to it.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said bringing discipline to the roads is a big challenge now.

Around 300 activists of Bangladesh Hindu Parishad blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka today protesting recent attacks on the Hindu community.