The government has set the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan – from 9 am to 3:30 pm – for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions

Bangladesh has welcomed the resumption of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran

Outgoing President Abdul Hamid yesterday said he will not do anything after his retirement which will undermine the dignity and honour of the country and its people

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved a Tk 4,323 crore "Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction Project" in a bid to reduce flood risk in the riparian and flash flood-prone community and enhance disaster preparedness

A study has found that 95.5% of women in coastal areas require extra time to collect drinking water compared to the high Barind and northern river basin areas due to climate change..The study, titled “Causes of vulnerability and social conflict dynamics in the context of climate change: Lo

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the next election in Bangladesh will be held transparently and fairly

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated that the Election Commission is totally independent to conduct the country's next general election

The Election Commission's Faridpur Regional Officer Mostofa Faruque was sent into forced retirement today, citing public interest

On March 7, an explosion occurred in a Siddikbazar building in the capital's Gulistan. Twenty-three people were killed in this incident. Just two days before the Gulistan blast, a similar explosion took place in a building in the Science Lab area of the city. Three people were killed in that explosion

The government is set to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail sentence by six more months, after Law Minister Anisul Huq gave his opinion in this regard.

A total of 49,194 students (35.34 percent) passed the MBBS/BDS admission test held on Friday across the country

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Dhaka has been pursuing multi-pronged, multi-spatial and multi-temporal consolidated approach to make its economic diplomacy a success

The detective branch of police today claimed "positive development" into the investigation of much-talked about Tk 11.25 crore heist case, saying they were conducting raids in Sylhet area to arrest the gang members and recover money

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address a press conference Monday afternoon on the outcome of her recent official tour of Qatar

The much-talked about Tk 11.25 crore heist case has been transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of police from the Turag Police Station

Al Jazeera journalist Nick Clark interviews Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Mirza Azam, who was undergoing treatment at the institute with 80 percent burns, died around 9:30am, Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of the hospital, told The Daily Star

Iraq's Baghdad and Pakistan's Lahore occupied the first and third spots, with AQI scores of 208 and 198, respectively

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today offered land for increased investment from Saudi Arabia in the country's Special Economic Zone (SEZ)

Anika (not her real name) lost her parents shortly after her birth seven years ago. She was brought to SOS Children’s Village (Shishu Palli) in the capital’s Shyamoli at the age of three days because she had no one to take care of her.