Adevastating fire in the Boubazar part of the Korail slum, home to about a couple of thousand inhabitants, has left hundreds of people homeless and helpless.

Plasma Plus, a scientific research laboratory, has just concluded a study on behalf of Dhaka WASA on the pollution levels of the six major rivers (Turag, Balu, Sitalakkhya, Dhaleshwari and the Bangshi) that sustain the capital city and the results are not good.

Sixty-one-year-old Halim still feels the horror when he remembers November 10 of the year 1971 when he and his family experienced.

Villagers in Barguna Sadar upazila have built an embankment through voluntary service to protect their croplands from flooding.

We have heartfelt sympathy for the families of 20 missing individuals who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers at least three years ago. In their grief, they again pleaded with the authorities to return their loved ones at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday.

In 1991 we started our journey of being a parliamentary democracy that marked the end of autocracy and all that it represented. It also began with the dream that finally we would have a nation that would imbibe the values of our hard fought liberation.

Today is December 6. On this day in 1971, freedom fighters freed Lalmonirhat, Feni and Meherpur districts from the occupation of

It can only be described as an exhibition of the most decrepit mind of the authorities of a high school in Habiganj that have barred a

The awful condition of Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway and Mahendranagar-Borobari and Borobari-Kulaghat roads in the district caused

Faridpur Engineering College has been running without appointment of permanent teachers and staff since the opening of academic

The Pabna Zila Parishad's criminal mismanagement of funds is representative of most government projects where huge sums of

ACCORDING to WHO, cancer today is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Anyone who has seen firsthand an

It is inspiring to come across the story of a physically challenged individual like Sanwar Hossain on International Day of Persons with Disabilities that was observed on December 3.

A very long time ago, in 1638 to be precise, a community mainly comprising ethnic Mong-tong from Arakan accompanied the fugitive

The CHT Peace Accord, signed in 1997, signalled a new hope. Pictures memorialise the breakthrough as it seemed then - full of potential

Despite a quarter of Bangladesh's population suffering from malnourishment, large amounts of food are regularly wasted which otherwise

A total of 120 fruit-laden trucks, which were imported from Bhutan, remain stuck at Burimari land port in Lalmonirhat due to an indefinite strike enforced by truck, covered-van and tank lorry workers in 16 northern districts for the second consecutive day today.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges the parliamentarians of Bangladesh to stand against and stop a new law that puts girls at greater risk of child marriage in the country.

Polls officials have, meanwhile, only verbally warned some councillor candidates without taking any deterring action against them and, in case of mayoral aspirants, failed to do even that.

In a recent daylong workshop held at the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner's office, the women vice-chairpersons from 69 upazilas of Dhaka division took part to vent their frustration about non-distribution of the 3 percent budget.