Movement of all trains on Jamalpur-Mymensingh route were stopped for four hours as agitated locals put logs on

Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) yesterday demanded that an effective law be enacted to control

The chehlum of Dr Shakina Haque Begum Dalim, former chief researcher at Dartmouth Medical College in the USA, will be held today after Juma prayers at

Today is the 3rd death anniversary of Mukitur Rahman Bhuiyan, former managing director of Maxwell International, says a press release. His family members

Five former Chinese ambassadors to Bangladesh will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday on a five-day visit.

The government yesterday appointed Rear Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed as the navy chief.

At least four people, including a policeman, were injured yesterday as protesters and police threw brick chips and chased each other and the latter fired teargas canisters during an eviction drive demolishing an illegal market and some slum shanties in the capital's Kalyanpur.

A security guard was found dead with hands and legs tied to a chair at a building at Chitroshil of Savar's Ashulia early

"If I ever meet my birth mother, I will thank her for not killing me through abortion. She just abandoned me with a hope that I will remain happy. She must be happy as I am now," this was the quote of a war baby who is living in Canada while expressing his reaction about her birthmother to the author of a book written on them.

A doa mahfil for late Dr Babar Kabir will be held at his residence in the capital tomorrow after Asr prayers.

Syed Ashraf Ali, former director general, Islamic Foundation Bangladesh and a renowned Islamic scholar, died at Eden

Transport labourers barricaded the Rajshahi-Dhaka highway at two different spots in Rajshahi city yesterday protesting

There is no democracy and rule of law in the country, and restoring those is a big challenge, BNP Acting Secretary

Shaheed Asad Day will be observed today, commemorating the supreme sacrifice of student leader Asad during the

With colourful decorations, traditional music and a glamorous guest list, the two-day Pond's-Naksha Biye Utshab began yesterday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital.

Today is the second death anniversary of noted bureaucrat Sultan-uz Zaman Khan.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha has started a drive against buildings that have been using their parking spaces for commercial purposes in Dhaka.

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) started its drive against illegal billboards in the port city.

Renovation of 275 streets will begin this month, every ward will get 200 dustbins within three or four months while LED bulbs will be installed in streetlights within a year, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday.

Danish Minister for Employment Jørn Neergard Larsen arrives here this morning to discuss workers safety in ready made garments industries in Bangladesh.