Gulf nation Qatar has agreed to increase monthly salary for the skilled Bangladeshi female migrants and domestic workers from Tk 19,350 to 25,800 (QAR900 to 1200).

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq gives shop owners a 7-day ultimatum to free illegal occupation of footpaths and roads.

Deed writers of Bochaganj upazila of the district staged a demonstration yesterday, demanding removal of the upazila sub-registrar Md Golam Mortuza for his alleged corruption and harassment in registering land.

Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh and India discuss various issues of Bangladesh-India bilateral relations including water resources, trade and commerce, security and border management.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) has honoured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with a special certificate and a crest for her outstanding success in disaster management.

The parliament passes a bill, titled 'Bangladesh Coast Guard, 2016', with a provision for maximum punishment of death sentence for any involvement in mutiny in the force.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) publishes circular of the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exam.

As part of a programme, Tk 500 is given to every incapable and insolvent hijra (hermaphrodite) aged above 50 years as monthly old-age or special allowance, State Minister for Social Welfare Promode Mankin told parliament yesterday.

Candidates, who passed the 34th BCS test for non-cadre posts, stage a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally opened Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Bridge and Shaheed Sheikh Jamal Bridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata

International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday recorded the testimony of the investigating officer of a case filed against five

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is digitising its all activities to ensure accuracy in recruitment process, its Chairman Ekram Ahmed tells President Abdul Hamid.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government has a plan to introduce Dhaka-Chittagong express train service for easier and quick communications between the country's two major cities.

Prof Ahmed Sharif wrote and spoke against prevailing social customs and superstitions with strong logics and hoped for the establishment of socialism in the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally open Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Bridge and Shaheed Sheikh Jamal Bridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata road through a video conference from her office in the capital today.

Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) disconnected power connections to an office, three community centres and a number of street lights of Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday for outstanding dues of Tk 2 crores.

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique was surrounded and kept from leaving his

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to stay alert so that the Jamaat-Shibir activists and those involved in terrorist and militant acts could not be recruited in the police force.

Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has inked a Tk 169 crore deal with 4 int'l and local consultancy firms for Management Support Consultancy service for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project.

The High Court has rejected a writ petition seeking restriction on broadcasting statements of former Supreme Court judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik about the judiciary and the apex court.