Like previous years, students will be subjected to a strenuous admission battle this year as the government has failed to introduce a uniform admission test, overdue for seven years, for admission into public universities.

A three-day conference of deputy commissioners (DCs) of all 64 districts begins in the city today.

The sound of clanging cymbals and blaring horns filled downtown Taipei yesterday as thousands marched in a colourful Taoist

Police in Rajasthan have cracked a criminal syndicate accused of smuggling more than 50 million litres of crude oil inside water

Germany has no right to interfere in Turkey's domestic affairs, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, his latest broadside in a

Two months after Islamist militants launched an assault on one of the biggest southern cities in the Philippines, the fighting is

The government has decided to expand the Jessore-Benapole highway without felling the century-old trees along the road, apparently

Suspended Barisal Awami League leader Obaidullah Sazu has withdrawn the case he filed against Barguna Sadar UNO Tariq Salman.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday formed a three-member committee to investigate alleged misappropriation of Tk 3,786 crore received in passport and visa processing fees by 65 Bangladesh missions abroad.

Female vice-chairpersons of upazila parishads yesterday expressed frustration that they had to face obstacles in addressing issues related to development and women empowerment.

The Arab League yesterday accused Israel of "playing with fire" with new security measures at a highly sensitive

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday criticised ruling Awami League MP Enamur Rahman's recent remark that he had five people killed in crossfire and that he had made a list of another 14 to be executed that way.

Water transport workers called off their scheduled countrywide indefinite work abstention that was supposed to start at 12:00am today to press home their 21-point demand, including the release of their co-workers in jail.

The Election Commission will invite 59 civil society members to join the talk on election on July 31.

This year's first hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines is scheduled to depart at 7:55am today from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The Supreme Court yesterday gave the government one more week for issuing a gazette notification on the discipline and code of conduct for the lower court judges.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Muslim Ummah was facing danger and crisis as some people chose the wrong path of militancy.

With two silver and two bronze medals, Bangladeshi students have taken 26th place among contestants from 111 countries in the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro of Brazil.

The country's first ever digital toll booth was opened at Meghna Toll Plaza in Sonargaon of Narayanganj yesterday.

Astronomers have finally solved the mystery of peculiar signals coming from a nearby star, a story that sparked intense public speculation this week that perhaps, finally, alien life had been found.