School text books should be prepared through a tripartite understanding among teachers, students and text book developers, said discussants yesterday. Dependency of learners on so-called guide books cannot be eliminated unless the book developers have a thorough understanding of the teaching-learning process, they added.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will crack down on extortionists targeting Eid-ul-Azha and keep a close eye on the garment factories and liaise with owners to prevent recurrence of unrest, usually reported ahead of the festival over payment of workers' salaries.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has called for further strengthening of the bilateral relationship between Greece and Bangladesh in different sectors.

Admission tests for first year honours courses of Jahangirnagar University under 2015-16 sessions will start on October 25 and continue till November 5.

The government has reconstituted the cabinet committee to look into allegations of "discrepancies" in the 8th National Pay Scale. Finance Minister AMA Muhith will head the team.

Chittagong city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League has protested the Railway authorities' renovation work for European Club on BR's land

Ending his daylong visit yesterday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif outlined ways and means for mutual economic gains through wider collaboration in areas, including energy and trade.

A Barisal court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife eight years ago.

Reinforcing governance in regulating Bangladesh's migration sector is a big challenge, observed International Organization for

The derailment of a freight train at Jatrapur in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj upazila on Sunday is still disrupting passenger train schedules

United Nations Under Secretary General Atul Khare yesterday said he will inform the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the

A mass killing ground of the Liberation War in Barisal city's Trish Godown area has to be protected by halting an ongoing government

The fear that student protests could take a turn for the worse was one of the reasons why the government yesterday withdrew 7.5 percent value added tax (VAT) on private universities and medical and engineering colleges, according to sources in the ruling Awami League.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the winners of the UN's highest environmental accolade -- Champions of the Earth -- in recognition of Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to address climate change, says the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep).

The government has decided to bring changes in key posts at some missions abroad.

Rights activists yesterday sought the prime minister's intervention in implementing the Vested Property Return Act-2011 for protecting

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the "Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2015" increasing fiduciary jurisdiction of lower court judges for ensuring

The prosecution yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that they have found involvement of war crimes suspect fugitive Mohammad Hossain in the murder of 35 people in Dampara village, a Hindu majority area, of Kishoreganj during the Liberation War.

Bringing indigenous people and Dalits into mainstream development is a must for sustainable development in Bangladesh, said speakers at a national seminar yesterday.

Former military dictator HM Ershad yesterday said there was no democracy in the country now.