The High Court yesterday stayed for a month a government order that suspended Dinajpur Pourasava mayor Syed Jahangir Alam on charge of irregularities.

A global summit on business process outsourcing (BPO) begins in Dhaka with an aim to earn $1 billion from the sector in the next six years and create two lakh jobs.

The cost of building a pipeline in the Bay of Bengal, for unloading fuel from tankers in the deep sea to storage facilities on mainland, went over five times higher than the initial estimate.

Noting that the implementation of land boundary agreement has consolidated the relations between Bangladesh and India, President

Speakers at a press conference yesterday urged the government to immediately search out all of Bangladesh's 1971 war heroines, issue a gazette and duly honour and provide benefits since many of them were now old and sick.

The local government ministry at a meeting yesterday decided to form a committee to reclaim Dhaka city's canals, which have either been illegally grabbed or clogged with solid wastes, to help resolve water congestion in the capital.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to immediately remove all unauthorised structures within 10 metres of highways, restore visibility of motorists at blind curves, and install speed-limit signs to prevent road accidents. The court asked the government to have the relevant rules amended in the Highways Act, 1994, as well, so that no structures could be built within 10 metres of highways.

The Supreme Court clears the way for holding election to Singair municipality in Manikganj on December 30.

The High Court directs the government to immediately remove illegal structures within 10 metres of highways across the country.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said Bangladesh was evaluating its relationship with Pakistan and thinking about measures that could be taken over Pakistan's reaction to the execution of two war criminals last month.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified elderly man, aged about 80, from Dinajpur branch canal of Teesta Irrigation Project at Horish

Contradicting the fact that a mass movement forced him to step down 25 years back, former military dictator HM Ershad yesterday apparently claimed that he had handed over power on his own accord “to strengthen and keep constitutional democracy on track”.

The government will instruct preachers to deliver such sermons which will guide the countrymen towards the “right direction”, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said self-confidence will take the nation forward though Bangladesh has resource constraints.

In a bid to fight transboundary militancy and terrorism, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has increased vigilance at the borders as well as intelligence sharing with Indian Border Security Force (BSF), said BGB Director General Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed yesterday.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday said liberal democracy is the appropriate political system for achieving national cohesion and economic progress.

A youth was hacked to death on Cemetery Road in the city yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Gouranga Biswas, 26, a

Workers of 11 private jetties in Sadarghat area of Chittagong city yesterday observed work abstention for a day

Lawyers, rights activists and other eminent personalities yesterday reiterated their demand for establishing a circuit

Freedom of the press is not only impeded by the government but by players including different individuals and agencies, said Prime