Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed urges Malaysia to give Bangladesh quota and duty-free market access to minimise the trade gap between the two friendly countries.

The Supreme Court stays till October 30 a High Court verdict that had directed the government to recognise 2,367 members of the guerrilla force, who participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, as freedom fighters.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to clamp down on militancy and terrorism with an iron fist also in future.

Bangladesh and Germany discuss the scourge of terrorism and violent extremism and vowed to work together to address this global challenge.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said the people dislike militancy, so they will come forward to fight against it.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking stay on the process of medical college admission test for the session of 2016-17.

Protesters say they will write to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take steps to scrap Rampal power plant near the world’s largest mangrove forest – the Sundarbans.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the parliament members and other elected representatives across the country to ensure fair distribution of low-cost rice among the ultra poor.

A Swechchhasebak League leader allegedly occupied a house of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) at Kawar Char area in Dhulashar

The High Court upholds a government decision to transfer the offices of Power Development Board in Rajshahi and Rangpur zone to North West Zone Power Distribution Company.

The World Bank says Bangladesh has done an impressive job in reducing poverty over the last decade and has the potential to end extreme poverty by 2030 if it takes firm steps to make growth more inclusive to benefit all Bangladeshis.

In purview of Indo-Pak tension and postponement of top South Asia summit, the Saarc nations including Iran will sit in Dhaka for a three-day meet on telecommunication.

The High Court questions the legality of demanding monthly tuition fee from the students who got scholarship.

Distribution of smart national identity (NID) cards begins in Dhaka and Kurigram.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rules out any possibility of severing diplomatic ties with Pakistan in the purview of row over war crimes trials.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the Election Commission to ensure the security of the data being used for preparing smart national identity (NID) cards, saying that there should have firewall in such a digital project to check forgery.

Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju tells Parliament that the proposed Rampal coal-fired power plant would not cause any harm to the Sundarbans.

Bangladesh parliament unanimously adopts a resolution to confiscate all movable and immovable assets of convicted killers of Bangabandhu and war criminals.

Indigenous leaders and civil society members at a meeting in Kulaura upazila town of the district yesterday urged the

The High Court questions the legality of Election Commission’s decision to allocate poll symbol “moshal” (torch) to the faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) led by Hasanul Haq Inu.