Asif A Chowdhury, honorary consul of Chile in Bangladesh, was elected as a member of World Federation of Consuls (FICAC)-Board of Directors for the next three years after securing the highest number of votes among Saarc candidates.

A Bangladeshi delegation led by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday left for Malta to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2015) on November 27-29.

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

A total of 135 police personnel of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) have been promoted to different ranks in Sylhet yesterday.

Md Emran Uddin, 38, is suffering from kidney failure and needs an immediate kidney transplantation.

Democratic practice inside parties and an improved political culture are the pre-requisites for holding credible election to local government institutions in a partisan manner, experts and elected public representatives said at a views-exchange meeting yesterday.

“Anti-Corruption Commission (amendment) Bill, 2015” was placed in parliament last night aimed at relieving the anti-graft body of dealing with cheating and forgery cases.

Thirteen treasury bench MPs were in high praise of the government on a point of order last night, hailing and congratulating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for executing the capital punishment of two top war criminals early Sunday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh as an independent country would live in the community of nations as a victorious one.

Security around the Dhaka Central Jail has been boosted and paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been deployed in Dhaka and Chittagong to maintain security.

The country is set to celebrate Armed Forces Day today to mark the founding of army, navy and air force during the Liberation War.

Over 11 lakh Bangladeshi expatriates are yet to get Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) with only five days left to meet the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) deadline of November 24, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali told parliament yesterday.

The High Court yesterday scrapped a provision of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2004, which the court said

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is mulling to collect fees from Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).

Policy actions are most urgent to strengthen the labour market for women and promote decent works that benefit

A parliamentary committee will recommend to the NGO Affairs Bureau that the registration of Transparency International Bangladesh be scrapped for not apologising yet for making “derogatory comments” on parliament.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday demanded that the government make a guideline for implementation of the relevant

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern over the recommendation of parliamentary

Newly appointed South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Ahn Seong-doo and High Commissioner of the Maldives to

Despite being turned down several times, the government is still planning to strike a deal with Facebook to be able