An anti-war crimes platform yesterday called for confiscation of all properties of the convicted war criminals and distribution of the

The High Court directs the government to arrange adequate security for three of its judges now hearing the death references and appeals of 2009 Pilkhana carnage case.

The European Parliament will have a debate today on a motion to adopt a resolution on freedom of expression and other rights issues in Bangladesh.

A convicted member of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who had two weeks left to be freed from jail, died of kidney failure at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 10:30pm on Tuesday, said family and hospital sources.

Police of Tejgaon Industrial Area Traffic Zone, as per their own initiative to repair roads in the capital's Badda to ease traffic, on Tuesday added crushed stones and brick chips on Satrasta leading to Hatirjheel.

Barisal City Corporation Mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal yesterday said the city canals would be re-excavated within six

The Road Transport and Highways Division and four Japanese construction companies signed a deal yesterday to construct, at a cost of Tk 8,800 crore, three bridges, and a flyover on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of some provisions of the Mobile Court Act, 2009 that empowered

The last sessions of two-day deputy commissioner (DC)-district magistrate-level conference between Bangladesh

The result of ninth Bangladesh Judiciary Service written test was published yesterday.

Speakers at a dialogue yesterday emphasised the need for enacting a law on right to food in the country to ensure food security.

The United Nations has renewed its call on the Bangladesh government to immediately impose a moratorium on capital punishment and abolish the practice altogether.

The government has decided to appoint Rabab Fatima, director general (East Asia and Pacific) in the Foreign Ministry, as the next

The government is trying to ensure that no deaths will occur due to lack of safety at workplace in the country, said Syed Ahmed,

The High Court yesterday asked the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why the final results of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, published on August 29, should not be declared illegal.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that had stayed a move to transfer the case filed against an army officer allegedly for torturing his wife to military court from a special tribunal.

Around two and a half years after it was approved in principle, a proposed law to protect the biodiversity got the cabinet's final endorsement yesterday.

Although two months have passed, Saudi Arabia is yet to compensate the Bangladeshis who were killed and injured in a deadly stampede during Hajj this year, Religious Minister Motiur Rahman told parliament last evening.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last night said some countries have been jointly exerting pressure on the government to make it say that global terror outfit Islamic State (IS) has presence in Bangladesh.

Dhaka's potential cumulative damage from intense rainfalls would stand at Tk 11,000 crore in the next 35 years, a World Bank study estimates. This damage will be caused by waterlogging and urban flooding, and does not include the impact of climate change. In a changing climate scenario with more intense rain, the estimated loss would be Tk 13,900 crore in the 2014-2050 period.