About a quarter patients die within one hour of a heart attack, which can be prevented by the immediate administering of some simple

The Editors Guild of India expresses its deep concern at the barrage of criminal defamation and sedition cases filed against Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of Bangladesh’s The Daily Star and a columnist of several Indian newspapers.

Some 58 percent survivors of deadly Rana Plaza collapse incident are still traumatised and 48 percent of them remain unemployed even after three years of the tragedy, says a survey report of ActionAid.

The summer heat is excruciating enough without having to suffer through an acute water crisis.

It is with a heavy heart that we offer our sincerest condolences to the families of those who have lost their dear ones during a devastating earthquake in southwestern Japan.

Chittagong Development Authority identifies three of nine buildings, which tilted during yesterday’s earthquake, as “dangerous”.

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, was celebrated amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm despite various restrictions prompted by last year’s women assault on Dhaka University campus.

A new report published by United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) portrays a disturbing picture of how children are being recruited...

The first day of the Bangla calendar is an occasion of festivity imbued with the spirit of unity among diversity.

We are delighted and relieved to learn about an initiative by the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to ensure that street food is prepared and served in a hygienic way.

The horrific traffic congestion that Dhaka commuters must suffer everyday has become a chronic problem.

Different markets in the district town and surrounding areas are buzzing with customers as Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla

Chris Percy, husband of British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, shares the first photo of their baby girl, ‘Azalea’, on Twitter.

Demanding withdrawal of restrictions on Pahela Baishakh celebration programme, rights activist Sultana Kamal says the decision is reflection of “medieval thought”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not have Hilsa dishes on her Pahela Baishakh menu during the celebrations this year.

Pahela Baisakh in Dhaka at the Suhrawardi Udyan fare with Hilsa and panta bhat. A writer-poet, now living in Canada, made the claim sometime back that it was he and his group of friends who started the fad.

Even though Bangladesh is on its way to become a middle income country (MIC), nearly a third of its population lives below the poverty

The draft of the Bangladesh Road Transport Act is apparently missing some key issues like speed limits, accident probes and victims'

A boy died of diarrhoea and five others of the family were treated at Tangail Medical College Hospital on Sunday night.

Forty-nine female students of seven secondary schools in Hatibandha upazila under the district have got bicycles for easy