There are a total of 47 small ethnic groups in Bangladesh, and 27 of them were included in the government gazette, the state minister for social welfare said yesterday.

A red carpet is rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Amsterdam amid a rousing reception on a three-day official visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.

Three cases were filed yesterday in connection with Monday's factional clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh

The High Court yesterday again directed the Khulna City Corporation to immediately change the name of Khan A

The information ministry has sent notices to five TV channels allegedly for broadcasting smoking scenes in TV dramas from July 17 to 24 this year violating the tobacco control act.

A condolence meeting was held at the office of Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) in the capital yesterday for Arif Hossen Khan, coordinator, governance of MJF.

The government has decided to appoint Masud Bin Momen as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Abu Dhabi yesterday on her way to the Netherlands.

The government has decided to appoint Mizanur Rahman as the next Bangladesh High Commissioner to Canada replacing Kamrul Ahsan, said a foreign ministry release yesterday.

Green activists yesterday demanded a halt to the government efforts to introduce genetically modified (GM) crops, mainly BT Brinjal, which they say has been proved a “failure” in the farmers' fields.

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday told parliament that they were looking for a new mechanism to manage recruitment of foreign workers without involving middlemen.

The cabinet yesterday approved the proposed list of holidays for the 2016 calendar year with 14 general holidays and eight more by the executive order of the government.

The government has issued a policy saying 40 percent of seats must be reserved for local students in Dhaka during admission to secondary, junior secondary and combined primary sections at private schools and colleges.

A cargo vehicle started off from Kolkata yesterday noon on a trial run on a route under the June 15 agreement allowing seamless movement of people, cargo and personal vehicles across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.

The government has decided to set up 2,000 computer labs and 64 language training labs in educational institutions across the country under a Tk 298.98 crore project.

A five-member Malaysian government delegation will arrive in Dhaka today to finalise the recruitment modality to hire workers from Bangladesh.

Fourteen migrants who returned from Iraq between March and October yesterday sought the government's intervention in ensuring that a private recruitment agency pays them compensation “for fraudulence” and that legal steps are taken against it.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave tomorrow for a four-day visit to the Netherlands to discuss bilateral cooperation in Bangladesh's water management and garment industry.

Dhaka Sub-Editors Council (DSEC) has sought scholarship applications for its members' children, who passed Primary

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government is working to raise the number of students in technical education to