GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has decided to close its medicine manufacturing unit in Bangladesh after over six decades of operation.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petition of Hasnat Reza Karim in Gulshan's Holey Artisan Cafe' attack case, even though the former private university teacher was not named in the charge sheet submitted on July 23.

The Grey Peacock Pheasant can be found strutting across the forest floors of Fatikchhari. The bird is rare in Bangladesh and seen in the

The marine research vessel, Dr Fridtjof Nansen, will dock at Chittagong next week to survey fish stocks, biodiversity and the amount of micro plastics in the Bay of Bengal, said officials of the fisheries ministry.

Two key ministers have called for changes to a deeply controversial law declaring Israel the nation state of the Jewish people after a backlash and a court challenge from the Druze minority.

Petrobangla has suspended Managing Director of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) Habib Uddin Ahmed in connection with the “disappearance of 1.44 lakh tonnes of coal” from the mine, reports UNB.

The Brac wants the government to fund NGOs to implement development programmes as foreign funding for the sector has been declining with the country moving into middle-income status.

Claiming that the attack on Mahmudur Rahman was a drama, Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said Bangladesh Chhatra League did not attack the Amar Desh acting editor in Kushtia.

A member of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was killed during a gun battle between PCJSS and UPDF men yesterday.

A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water -- and maybe even life -- exists there, international astronomers said yesterday.

Jatiya Party (JP) candidate Akkas Ali Sarker won the by-polls to Kurigram-3 by 2,703 votes.

Two alleged drug peddlers and two suspected robbers were killed in separate incidents of “shootouts” in three districts early yesterday.

Defying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's warning, Chhatra League men have yet again attacked activists of the quota reform movement.

Praising his "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump has welcomed reports that Pyongyang has started dismantling a facility seen as a testing ground for intercontinental ballistic missiles.

About two-thirds of the mayor and councillor candidates in Sylhet, Rajshahi and Barisal cities did not have taxable income in fiscal 2017-18, according to their tax return certificates submitted to the Election Commission.

The BNP mayoral nominees are concerned that their agents may be driven out of the polling booths during the three city polls on Monday.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) not to do anything that could embarrass the government.

Five children, including four siblings, were killed in landslides triggered by torrential rain in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

It was around 8:30am on May 14. Lopa Halder and her relative Sapna Hera reached Benapole international passenger terminal to enter India early.

Violent protests by an Indian caste demanding reserved government jobs erupted in the western state of Maharashtra yesterday a day after deadly demonstrations, officials said.