Two Hindu pilgrims were killed and six others injured in stampedes at Shibchaturdashi Fair in Chandranath Dham in

Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) during a week-long special taskforce drive realised over Tk 9 crore in

Two crew of lighter vessel Khan Sons-1, which capsized at the outer anchorage in Chittagong port two days back, were

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have felled several hundred trees in the capital's Uttara in the last two months

Language veteran Nagina Zoha, mother of lawmakers AKM Shamim Osman and AKM Selim Osman, died of old age complications at the capital's United Hospital yesterday, aged 81.

Aggrieved workers of a Korean garment factory in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) yesterday went on a one-and- a-half-hour demonstration, demanding payment of their arrears and annual increment in the port city.

After recovering 1.22 acres of land from land grabbers last week Bangladesh National Zoo authorities have taken initiatives to set up walls at points that were missing boundaries.

Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police yesterday pressed charge against an alleged activist of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in a case filed over killing of a "Pir" (spiritual mentor) and his aide in a shrine in the port city last year.

The government has a target to generate 16,000 megawatt (MW) of electricity in 2016, 24,000MW in 2021, 40,000MW in 2031 and 60,000MW in 2041, as the country has undertaken various power related projects in the country.

Rekha Kabir, former president of district Mahila Awami League, died due to a cardiac arrest at Gaibandha Hospital early yesterday. She was 72.

Deputy Attorney General Delwar Hossain Samaddar died of brain hemorrhage at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday. He was 53.

Teachers and students of criminology department at Dhaka University demanded an exemplary punishment for driver and owners of an Eagle Paribahan bus,

Speakers yesterday underscored the need for creating awareness about government's legal aid services among insolvent people and victims so that none is deprived of legal assistance, a constitutional right.

A Dhaka court has indicted Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling party Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, in connection with a case filed for gunning down two people in the capital’s New Eskaton area last year.

Pro-BNP intellectual Prof Emajuddin Ahmed yesterday blamed politicians for creating the ground of the 1/11 political

A mobile court yesterday fined Mohinee Auto Rice Mill Tk 20,000 for illegally using non-biodegradable polythene in Trimohini Bazar area

A man chopped and strangled his father to death over a family feud at Mahmudhabad village in Habiganj Sadar upazila

Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday seized 2,400 kilogrammes of Hilsa fry from a passenger launch at Gopchar of sadar

Politicians, academics, and rights activists yesterday called for an end to discriminations at home and workplace against women and

A mother of four died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after allegedly setting herself on fire yesterday while her family members alleged