The cabinet approves the draft of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Act-2016, under which six dedicated fast-moving bus lanes will be built for the improvement of the capital’s transport system.

The government decides to decorate 14 distinguished personalities and Bangladesh Navy with this year's Independence Award-2016 in recognition to their glorious and credible contributions in the national level.

Renowned artist and national award winning director Khalid Mahmood Mithu, dies in a tragic accident as a tree fell on him at Dhanmondi area in Dhaka.

Mass urbanisation takes its toll on Dhaka by erasing the scopes for the young ones to have a healthy childhood. The city is no longer child friendly as it fails to provide the amenities and environmental factors needed for the physical and psychological development of children.

Detectives have been tasked with the probe into the death of two children - 14-year-old Nusrat Aman Aroni and her six-year-old brother Alvi Aman - in Dhaka’s Banasree area. According to law enforcers, they were killed by their mother Mahfuza Malek Jasmine.

Detectives arrested a man for killing his son in Nandail upazila of the district early yesterday. The arrestee is Rafiqul Islam, 40. Police

Three factory workers, one of garments and two others of spinning and knit, were killed in three separate incidents in Gazipur city and Kaliakoir upazila of the district yesterday.

Freedom fighter Iman Ali died due to a cardiac arrest in Bagra village in Sherpur upazila of Bogra yesterday morning. He was 69.

A five-day programme will begin today at Ramakrishna Mission in the capital, marking the 181st birth anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna, says a press release.

Expressing deep concern about the recent attacks on children, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman said the culture of

The High Court yesterday cleared way for the lower court concerned to resume the trial proceedings against Commodore (retd) Zulfiqar Ali, former chairman of Chittagong Port Authority, in Gatco corruption case.

A Dhaka court places six people including a German national on remand in a case filed over swindling out Tk 20 lakh from ATM booths in Dhaka.

Doctors at a meeting yesterday stressed the need for reducing the prices of medicines and taxes to import the machinery related to the

South Korea is keen to invest about 235 million US dollars in Bangladesh for the improvement of villages and rural infrastructure

The last one year was a period when Rajshahi University faced an unsettling menace -- 40 of its teachers received death threats over

Forty-eight restaurants in Dhaka city were awarded The Daily Star Foodiez Choice Awards 2015 under 16 categories of cuisine

An eight-day solo art exhibition of noted artist Asif Bahauddin Sikder began in the capital on Friday.

A Panchagarh court yesterday sent another arrestee, who was on remand, to jail in the priest killing case.

Thirty people have been sued on charge of killing a UP member during a clash over teasing a girl in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet on

A month-long photography exhibition titled “Lights of My Soul” of Shoeb Faruquee started at Radisson Blu Chittagong