Two Gonoforum lawmakers-elect yesterday wrote to the Speaker expressing their willingness to take oath on March 7.

The authorities on several occasions after 2010 Nimtoli fire urged the traders of Old Dhaka to relocate their chemical factories and warehouses from residential areas. But they did not pay heed to the repeated requests.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged engineers to concentrate more on research for innovating newer technologies so that Bangladesh can take proper development strategies suiting the local soil, water and climate.

With a special committee to rationalise bus routes in Dhaka city already starting it works, the authorities will not give permission for any new bus route in the capital from now onward.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday said the government might raise gas prices, mainly for

The Canadian government, as expected, on Friday approved extradition proceedings against the chief financial officer of Huawei

Ekushey Padak winner Polan Sarker, also known as 'the walking library', has found his final resting place next to the library he had

Three youths suffered burns as a fire broke out at a scrap-metal shop in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area yesterday afternoon, 10 days after an inferno in the same area that left scores dead.

A day after Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s release by Pakistan, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets him and conveyed that the entire country is proud of his courage and determination, officials said.

Salma Begun, a pregnant woman who suffered serious injuries while cooking, loses her battle for life at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).

Three youths suffer “severe burns” as a fire breaks out at a scrap-metal shop in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area this afternoon.

A part of the Mumbai international airport's Terminal 2 in India is evacuated after authorities received what they said was a "non-specific" bomb threat call around 11:00am, reports NDTV.

Indian and Pakistani soldiers again target each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and two Pakistani troops, officials say.

In the third year of “Unsung Women Nation Builders Awards”, seven women are presented with awards along with the opportunity to share their stories at a gala programme at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka.

The scene at a slum in Bhasantek area of Mirpur in Dhaka resembles that of a ravaged wasteland in a dystopic world, with hundreds of lives stranded under the sky, two days after a fire engulfed the slum.

Islamic State faces the final territorial defeat as the US-backed Syrian force battling the jihadists says it is closing in on their last bastion near the Iraqi border, capping four years of efforts to roll back the group.

Dear readers, here are the news headlines on Saturday, March 2, 2019.

NASA and SpaceX celebrate the successful launch of a new astronaut capsule on a week-long round trip to the International Space Station -- a key step towards resuming manned space flights from US soil after an eight-year break.

The World Bank has approved $185million to add up to 310 Megawatt (MW) in renewable energy generation capacity in Bangladesh and mobilize private sector participation to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country.

At least three activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) are injured in multiple clashes between two rival groups of BCL unit of Rajshahi University (RU) on the campus.