he cabinet has approved the National Wage Scale-2015 and allowances for the workers of public sector industries, doubling their minimum wage to Tk 8,300 as per recommendations from the National Wages and Productivity Commission 2015.

Over 100 eminent citizens yesterday in a joint statement denounced the killings in the ongoing anti-narcotics drive across the country.

Police arrested two alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Bogra's Adamdighi upazila on Saturday night.

The High Court will tomorrow start hearing four appeals in connection with the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment.

A government move to collect personal informationofUpazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs)has sparked anger and dissatisfaction within the

Malaysia's immigration police yesterday detained 51 people, including 38 Bangladeshis, in a crackdown on irregular foreign workers.

Students of Dolapara Government Primary School in Dimla upazila have not been able to attend classes for over a week, due to polluted environment inside school premises caused by road construction work.

Cambodia won a place in the Guinness book of World Records yesterday for a 1,100-metre (3,600-foot) long version of the country's

Wreaths of flowers in hand, she walked into the old premises of the Holey Artisan Bakery yesterday. Tears were streaming down her

Two Bangladesh Air Force pilots were killed when their training aircraft crashed in a water body in Jessore Sadar last night.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition risked breaking apart yesterday, as her hardline conservative Bavarian allies pushed a showdown over migrant policy after she was unmoved by her interior minister's threat to resign.

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over the return of several hundred female migrant

Eleven members of a family were found dead in India's capital yesterday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their home,

Malaysia's new government yesterday said it is considering amending laws on human trafficking and migrant smuggling just days after the US State Department reported a lack of progress in the country's efforts to counter trafficking in the past year.

Russia said on Friday it might strip the France 24 TV channel and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle of their Russian operating licenses amid deteriorating relations between the West and Moscow.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said in a tweet that Saudi Arabia's King Salman had agreed to his request to increase oil production "maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels" to offset a decline in supplies from Iran and Venezuela.

US intelligence agencies believe North Korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months and may try to hide these while seeking concessions in nuclear talks with the United States, NBC News quoted US officials as saying.

At least 10 students were injured in a clash between two factions of Chhatra League over establishing supremacy at Brindaban Government College in the district town yesterday.

A Jubo League leader was killed in a “gunfight” with police at Kaemkola Bagmara Beel in Jhikorgachha upazila of Jessore early morning Friday.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of patients with Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Halishahar and parts of Agrabad areas of the port city.