UK-Bangladesh relations can see a boost in the coming days, with British companies keen on investing here because of the country’s continuous economic growth, availability of human resources and entrepreneurial spirit of the youths.

The Shaheed Minar is a symbol of Bangladeshis’ love for their mother tongue and the struggle they endured for the language. It imbues the love for language in younger generations who did not witness the language movement of 1952.

Right next to the Gulshan-2 intersection, one of the most upscale commercial areas in the capital, a shabby-looking “kitchen market” under the city corporation’s custody is running with a plethora of rule violations and questionable management, literally under the authority’s nose.

After two hours of blockade on Dhaka-Sylhet highway, transport workers have removed the barricade after assurance from police.

Around 25 students of Barishal University were injured after miscreants attacked them at their hostels in the city’s Rupatoli area early today.

The High Court will deliver its order today on the contempt of court rule issued against the then Superintendent of Kushtia Police SM Tanvir Arafat for misbehaving with a senior judicial magistrate during Bheramara municipality election on January 16.

Work to build the country’s first underwater expressway tunnel -- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel -- under Karnaphuli River is going on in full swing, with around 62 percent of work already completed, according to officials.

The High Court is set to deliver its verdict today on the case filed for attempting to kill Awami League leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by planting a 76-kilogramme bomb at Gopalganj’s Kotalipara in 2000.

If Dhaka were to recover 80 percent of recyclable and organic material in its waste stream, the city could create over 6,000 new jobs, found a study of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).

Padma bridge will be opened for public in June next year and development of the country will evolve centring the bridge in future, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

A paralysed elderly man burned to death in a slum fire at Patenga area of Chattogram early yesterday. The deceased was Nousa Mia (80), who lived in Raibeat slum at Patenga.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) appears to be reverting on its promise to not relocate stray dogs from the city without consulting concerned stakeholders.

The names of agricultural products and rules of their usage should in Bangla in order to achieve food security and sustainable development goal, and to motivate marginal farmers to use agricultural innovations effectively, said speakers at a programme in Khulna on Monday.

A youth died and another remained missing after a passenger boat capsized at Ghat No-12 of the ​river Karnaphuli in Patenga of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Haji Md Rashed and Md Abul Hossain Khan have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Billboard Advertising Owners Association (BBAOA).

A paralysed elderly man burned to death in a slum fire at Patenga area of Chattogram early today.

Three people have gone missing after a goods-laden engine-run boat capsized in the river Karnaphuli yesterday morning.

A newborn was found in a bush near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka yesterday morning. The baby girl, aged only a day or two, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after an airport cleaner found her abandoned.

Dr Sayeed Hasan Shikdar, chief (additional secretary) of planning division, has been appointed as the new chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha.

Rev Fr Joseph Stephen Peixotto was known for always wearing a smile. Even when upset or frustrated -- as was often the result of his heavy responsibilities -- he still had his smile.