The Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year is likely to see hefty allocations in priority sectors like education,

An independent and free press is a must for establishing true democracy and good governance in Bangladesh, which plans to ensure sustainable development, said Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, yesterday. “For sustainable development, firstly, it is essential to know people's opinion. The government can know this through its party men or through intelligence agencies.

Several mayoral candidates of Dhaka's north yesterday told a dialogue that if elected, their priority would be to build a corruption-free

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she expects constructive opinion and judgment of the media about the government's activities.

Public servants from indigenous communities from now on can, if they want, take leave on the 29th of Chaitra and 2nd of Baishakh

The High Court yesterday stayed the orders for shifting the assistant judge's court and judicial magistrate's court of Narayanganj to its

Diplomats and academics from Bangladesh, India and Myanmar yesterday called for stronger ties to unleash the immense potentials

Connecting and comprising Bangladesh and India's ecology, the Sundarbans cannot be protected from natural disasters like those

United Nations Development Programme will host youth dialogue with the mayoral candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation on Apr 15.

Sayeed Khokon, Awami League-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation polls, announces his election manifesto, promising a modern, developed and world class Dhaka city.

Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq yesterday announced the election manifesto with the promise to build a clean,

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated the much-awaited 450-metre Mawna flyover on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.

Bangladesh has replied to the United Nations and other international bodies which had asked the country to halt the execution of war

India's Tripura and Meghalaya have sought New Delhi's support to export their excess electricity to neighbouring Bangladesh.

War crimes trial campaigners yesterday called upon the United Nations and European Union to refrain from urging the government to

The High Court yesterday asked Dhaka divisional commissioner Zillar Rahman to appear before it on Sunday to explain cancellation of a

The High Court yesterday fixed April 15 for delivering the verdict on a petition seeking an order on the government to form a judicial

The High Court yesterday fixed April 15 for delivering verdict on a petition seeking an order on the government to form a judicial boy

The government plans to recruit new agencies for issuing machine-readable passport for nearly 30 lakh expatriates following poor performance of Malaysian outsourcing company designated for the job.

The jail authorities yesterday gave condemned Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman permission to talk to his lawyers over seeking