Bangladesh presents a dismal picture of human rights as the world observes the United Nations Human Rights Day today, say rights defenders.

Even though Abul Kayes Ripon holds a top post in Feni district Awami League, he could not run for mayor in Feni municipality as an independent since his local MP's men did not let him.

The villainy of ZA Bhutto and his rogue country put Bangladesh at a serious disadvantage when it started preparing for the trial of the 195 War Criminals. As a new country without much international diplomatic clout and its attempts for UN membership vetoed by Pakistan's ally China, Bangladesh had to consider the fate of the Bangladeshis held hostage by Pakistan.

To address the grievances of people affected by land acquisition for the Padma bridge, the government has taken up a plan to train them for new jobs and enable them to find alternative ways of livelihood.

Ruling Awami League lawmaker from Natore-2 Safiqul Islam Shimul yesterday apologised for violating electoral code of conduct and

The landscape at the Padma bridge site is changing fast. Large excavators and cranes, dump trucks, bulldozers, loaders and dredgers are in operation round the clock on both sides of the Padma at Mawa and Janjira, around 50kms from the capital.

Khulna University became the champion of the Sweden Bangladesh Nobel Memorial Quiz-2015, held at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) yesterday.

A seminar titled “Archeological site of Bangladesh and develop tourism through conservation of indigenous cultural”

The government yesterday met Facebook executives for the first time to express its concerns about the negative impacts of the popular social platform and claimed that it was threatening national security.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has come up with some dubious forms, asking house owners and tenants in different areas to fill in those with personal details, creating confusion and panic among the public. Police say they are doing it for security reasons. Three types of forms -- for house and flat owners, tenants, and mess owners and dwellers -- are available at the DMP headquarters and different police stations in the capital. Police members have also been going door to door, providing forms and collecting information, said DMP officials.

The National Memorial was built in Savar, outside the capital, as an embodiment of the sacrifice the martyrs made for the country's

For those who have not seen a water buffalo (mohish) up-close, it can be an unsettling experience. My first time was

Police yesterday filed a case against 30 people over Thursday night's attack on Chuadanga Sadar Police Station.

She is a living witness of innumerable atrocities by the Pakistan army against unarmed, innocent Bangalee civilians during the nine-month Liberation War.

A total of 105 women and children were killed for different reasons last month, according to Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

When we see a snake our first instinct is to run or flee. Then there are some who will attempt to kill it. However, there are a few people who will try to save these reptiles at a risk to their own lives and Fazle Rabbi Robin is one such person.

It's funny how we humans adapt to all kinds of craziness. Only about a year or so we were looking over our shoulder

Arwa, aged five, stands still for long staring at a photo of her father, Sajedul Islam Suman. She hasn't seen him or been caressed by him in two years. Although she has begun to faintly feel a sense of loss, she still does not understand why her father disappeared the way he did. "She doesn't cry. But we can sense a vacuum has been created in her,” said her aunt Sanjida Islam. Suman, along with seven others, has gone missing from the capital since December 2013. Their families allege all of them were victims of “enforced disappearance” by Rapid Action Battalion.

When the elderly man was found abandoned on the street near Dhaka Medical College Hospital, a policeman got him

Guardians aspiring to admit their children to primary and secondary levels in government high schools have got