Housed in a dilapidated building and functioning with only half its staff, Goalkhali Government School for the Blind and the Deaf in

Bangladesh Railway is set to add 114 new coaches from India and Indonesia to its fleet.

A group of people under the banner of Writer-Artist-Online Businessperson-Activist Forum yesterday said blocking social media was not

The government will build a 130-storey "icon and smart green city" on 60 acres of land in Purbachal new town

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday emphasised the need for introducing Bangla in judicial proceedings of the Supreme Court to meet people's expectations.

Bangladeshis are living longer than those in most Saarc countries.

In violation of electoral code, ruling Awami League's mayor candidates staged showdowns, brought out processions and motorcades at many places yesterday, even before submitting nomination papers to contest the upcoming municipal polls.

The government yesterday appointed five acting secretaries to different ministries and divisions.

Bangla Academy will celebrate its 60th anniversary today, said a press release.

The government must immediately set a definite roadmap for the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace accord's effective implementation and help the region's people overcome frustration, speakers told a discussion in the capital yesterday.

The High Commission of Canada yesterday awarded four government officials for demonstrating leadership in efforts to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the world's 100 leading global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based prestigious magazine.

The government appears to be defying its own ban on Facebook. As the ban on Facebook in Bangladesh steps into the third week, a number of ministers, lawmakers, ruling party leaders, high officials, and wings of different ministries have been using the most popular social media platform almost regularly. Over the last two weeks, they posted photos, shared links, and updated their statuses in their official and personal Facebook accounts.

A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a woman in Sundarganj upazila of the

The government has initiated a project “Enhancing Urban Horticulture Production to Improve Food and Nutrition Security” with the support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, said a press release yesterday.

Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday handed over a new Rough Aquatic Sea Search and Rescue Boat to Rapid

Foyes Ahmed Russel, organising secretary of Awami League (AL) Nabiganj municipality unit, was sent to jail on Monday in an attempted

A village doctor was shot by an unknown gang at Ranirbandar in Chirirbandar upazila of the district on Monday night.

The Facebook authorities have showed interest to sit with Bangladesh govt next week over issues related to cyber security, reports BSS.

Bangladesh offers transit facility to Nepal through its Chittagong and Mongla seaports for importing petroleum products from third countries to address its acute fuel crisis triggered due to the blockade at the Nepal-India border.