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.

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

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

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.

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

Ministries and government agencies that have units to monitor and investigate cyber crimes need to coordinate

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

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended allowing only chairman and mayoral candidates to use registered political parties' parliamentary electoral symbols in union and upazila parishad and city corporation and municipality elections.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday strongly denounced Friday's terrorist attacks which have killed 129 people at a concert hall, restaurants and the national sports stadium of Paris.

India yesterday agreed to pay Bangladesh a transit fee of Rs 192.22 per tonne of goods to be transported from its Tripura state to Ashuganj port in Bangladesh.

The High Court yesterday stayed a government order to suspend Mayor Shadin Kumar Kundu of Sherpur municipality of Bogra for two