Commuters and businesses suffered heavily yesterday as buses and trucks stayed off the roads to protest the abrupt 23 percent hike in the prices of kerosene and diesel.

Election Commissioner Md Rafiqul Islam yesterday sought cooperation from all the candidates to hold union parishad polls in Narayanganj in a peaceful manner.

A section of Santals today demanded that the authorities concerned stop the construction of Rangpur EPZ at a sugarcane farm immediately in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj.

The bodies of two Bangladeshis, who were shot dead reportedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday, was finally recovered from no man's land in Sylhet's Kanaighat border this afternoon.

Launch owners today submitted a proposal for doubling the launch fare after the government hiked prices of fuel in Bangladesh.

Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad reached Bangkok in Thailand for better medical treatment.

Three people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Apple Inc lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft Corp on Friday, as the iPhone maker’s shares fell about 2%.

No one knows how the poor man dines, says a Russian proverb that now seems all too fitting in light of the government’s decision to hike the prices of diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a "reset" in Bangladesh-UK bilateral relations.

The number of new poor in August reached 3.24 crore, which is 19.54 percent of the population, after the second wave of the pandemic, according to a survey.

Nearly 44 percent of 45 female upazila nirbahi officers have faced challenges in taking steps against corruption, finds a study by Transparency International Bangladesh.

Five UN independent experts have requested the Bangladesh government to provide information on the legal basis of journalist Rozina Islam’s arrest in May and asked if the detention and charges against her are compatible with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

More than 350 scholars signed a statement urging US president Richard Nixon to withdraw his country’s support for Pakistan until there was a peaceful settlement of the India-Pakistan crisis.

The US-funded cultural preservation project for SM Sultan’s artworks was inaugurated at Bengal Shilpalay in the capital’s Dhanmondi on Tuesday.

With numerous potholes and cracks, around a 20km stretch on Kaliganj- Kushtia road has become a bumpy journey for commuters, thanks to the negligence of the authorities.

A High Court bench today observed that loan defaulters cannot have legal rights to contest in elections.

Asia's gradual easing of international travel curbs is proving a welcome relief for the region's hard-hit tourism operators slowly opening up to visitors from around the world - with one giant exception.

Some 43.50 percent of 45 female upazila nirbahi officers in the country have faced various obstacles while taking action against corruption, says a new report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).

The wars of the 21st century will be fought over water, the former World Bank Vice-President Ismail Serageldin had predicted in 1995. And a recent visit to the Chattogram Hill Tracts suggests the region is inching that way.