"A free press and free speech play a key role in a transparent democracy," the coalition said in a statement.

In poetry, rhythm is more important than rhyme and many of Yusuf Mohammad's Dohas compel the reader to think deeply.

Another superintendent of police was sent into forced retirement yesterday.

After the end of voting on the first day yesterday, the chief election commission declared that a total of 5,028 voters had cast their votes while the BNP-backed commissioners counted a total of 4,023 votes

"This will reduce traffic jam and accidents," Hasina said

The building was recently visited by this correspondent, who found it to be in a fragile condition and left to rot and decay. The walls were faded, cracked, with chunks of plaster falling off.

The price of electricity that will be bought from the Adani Godda power plant will be Tk 24.10 per unit

A smart power and energy master plan are needed for a smart Bangladesh, said the state minister

A vested quarter is spreading disinformation and propaganda about textbooks to create confusion ahead of the national election getting no other issue, Education Minister Dipu Moni told parliament today.

The victim, Fardin Ahmed, a fourth-year student of business administration department, was undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital after he was admitted there last night

Bangladesh is going to be the first country in Asia to receive a loan from International Monetary Fund's Resilience and Sustainability Fund.

Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with worst air quality. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 251 at 8:53am today, Dhaka ranked first in the list of cities with worst air.

The government has been working for the welfare of the people of all religious faiths in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said today.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the country’s law and order situation is good and the police force is working with patriotism and bravery to maintain that situation.

It has been 99 days and counting that Pritom Das, a political activist, has been in the jail without committing a murder, rape, or any major crime like forgery, said his friends and colleagues yesterday at a human chain demanding his immediate release.

The government, with an aim to uphold the martyred Indian soldiers' contribution to the cause of Bangladesh's liberation as part of Bangladesh-India allied force, decided to construct a memorial in July 2017.

The lowest temperature in the country this morning was recorded at 9.3 degree Celsius in Chuadanga. The northern district has been recording the lowest temperature for three days in a row.

One day after the rest of the country, Khulna was freed on December 17, 1971.

The winter winds are here and some parts of the country today experienced mild cold waves with the lowest temperature of 9.5 degree Celsius recorded in Chuadanga. .In Dhaka, the mercury dipped to 17.1 degree Celsius, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). .Tempe

It may take another six months to publish the full list of war-time collaborators, Razakars and Al-Badar, as the responsible sub-committee is yet to complete the task..“We’re cautious to ensure there are no mistakes,” said Kazi Firoz Rashid, Jatiya Party lawmaker, who is one of the members