The recent attacks on two young publishers have further shrunk the space for the country's creative book publishing industry, which is already struggling to survive against the advent of digital technology. Publishers and writers say that despite the vacuum created by the death of popular writer Humayun Ahmed, who had attracted a huge pool of young readers since the late 1980s, the publishing scene has been vibrant with young publishers setting a new trend to bring out books on science, philosophy and humanism.

Some places are so primeval that they inspire and awe us. Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary, a 1796-hectare reserve

Many residents of Chittagong metropolis are forced to buy food or use alternative means to cook as they have been experiencing severe gas crisis for the last one week.

The law ministry has moved to take disciplinary action against the Chandpur district and sessions judge after a judicial probe found the

Cops and intelligence agencies need to be more professional and competent. And that would be possible only through depoliticisation of these institutions. Fighting terrorism is a tricky battle, which must be fought both intellectually and professionally – not by hatching conspiracy theories.

Unlike its South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan, Bangladesh is on course to meet the global targets for reducing stunting among children under five.

Arif Arian had a dream that sets him apart from most other youths. He wanted to build a school where street children would learn while having fun. Then instead of asking money from a sponsor, Arif turned to his facebook friends. He wrote on his facebook page: What if we opened a school for street children?

Even though forty years have passed since the killing of four national leaders at Dhaka Central Jail, none of the convicted killers has been brought to book.

Lack of road coverage, illegal rickshaws, private cars, road and footpath occupation, and 27 level crossings are the main reasons of traffic congestion in Dhaka city, a top police official said yesterday.

On Saturday, the nation helplessly saw the killing of a freethinking publisher and critical injury of another, plus injury of two other bloggers in the city. Both were publishers of slain secularist writer-blogger Avijit Roy.

The police and the Dhaka University authorities are repeatedly asking the father of slain Faisal Arefin Dipan to file a case in connection with the murder. But Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq, a supernumerary professor of the DU, sticks to his earlier position that he wouldn't take legal actions.

A number of auto-rickshaw drivers made trips on a contract basis in the capital yesterday, when the new fare chart and mandatory use of the meter for charging passengers came into force.

It’s time the government should admit to itself that whatever measures it had taken or not taken to uproot militancy, is not working or working in a very limited way. The government cannot gain anything from false assurance and denial.

Authorities are still going ahead with fencing the plazas and sprawling lawns of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on “security grounds”, despite professionals' criticism that it would only undermine the parliament building's architectural grandeur. Security experts want a concrete wall and iron bars on top of it saying it was necessary to stop any approaching vehicles breaching the security, according to various sources.

I became interested in birds at a relatively older age without any formal training. Many colleges and universities

The claim that the brutal militant group IS has carried out the bomb attack at the Huseni Dalan in Old Dhaka on the eve of the Tazia parade early last Saturday does not stand to reason. If one looks at the history of the emergence of the Islamic State or IS as it is better known, and its current operations in some regions in the Mid-east, it does not seem that the militant group was behind the attack.

A new documentary on the courage of Bangladeshi women police officers in peacekeeping operations will be screened at the prestigious Mumbai Academy of Movie Image festival today.

Construction of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery is expected to begin by December, aiming to produce skilled healthcare providers, including surgeons, and provide state of the art facilities and proper treatment to around six lakh patients a year.

BNP Dhaka city unit joint convener MA Quayum yesterday claimed his fear of being framed by the government in the case over the killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella had finally come true.

The Saudi Arabian government is allegedly putting pressure on Bangladeshi recruiting agencies to send female workers to the kingdom, although women are reluctant to go there for fear of torture by employers.