National grid of the country is likely to get about 560MW of power from April 30 as two base load plants of Summit Group are getting ready for commissioning commercially.

The government has undertaken a plan to bring 6,538 hectares of land, and 621 kilometres of area in nine costal districts under the social afforestation programme during the current fiscal year, Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain told the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday.

The government postpones the Dakhil examinations scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) following extension of hartal by the BNP-led 20-party political alliance.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee discussed the Teesta water-sharing deal and land

The recent violence is a serious threat to human rights, and it must be stopped immediately, speakers told a roundtable of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday.

Prospective contestants in the upcoming elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations will have to mention their Taxpayer's Identification Number (TIN) instead of incorporating tax returns with applications seeking candidacy.

Vehicles owned by those who had called hartal are on the roads; their businesses are open too. When they do not observe their own programmes, how could people do so?

President Abdul Hamid left here for London this morning for eye treatment and health checkup.

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The government has promoted nine additional secretaries to the rank of secretary.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina that he is “eagerly waiting” to visit Dhaka.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule upon the government and all the 41 registered political parties including the Awami League and the BNP to explain in four weeks why calling blockade should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.

High Court issues a rule upon the government and political parties, in the country to explain in four weeks why blockade should not be declared unconstitutional

Responding to Washington's offer, Dhaka has decided to seek FBI's assistance in the Avijit murder probe.

Indian Foreign Secretary Subramanyam Jaishankar flies to Dhaka this morning to convey New Delhi's intention of early resolution of pending water and land issues and explore new areas of talks focusing on connectivity, energy cooperation, and trade.

The test piling of the Padma Bridge project began yesterday with the project officials sacrificing animals as per Chinese ritual.

Expressing concern over the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, the US has said it was important for Bangladesh government to provide space for peaceful political opposition and to create inclusive political processes.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday endorsed Sayeed Khokan, son of late DCC mayor Mohammad Hanif, and Annisul Huq, former FBCCI president, as mayoral candidates for the long-pending polls to Dhaka city corporations.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the country had incurred a loss of over Tk 1.2 lakh crore in the first 52 days of the BNP-Jamaat's blockade and hartal.

The information ministry in a statement yesterday said the statement published in the name of the Editor's Council was "unfortunate and regrettable".