He has built an image of arrogance for himself and remained at the centre of many controversies.

Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is incarcerated awaiting execution. Yet, the places he terrorised 44 years ago turned into ghost towns yesterday with villagers fearing retribution from his men.

About 17 percent of the capital's 10 to 14-year-olds are engaged in child labour, which is in stark contrast to the national average, 6 percent, as per one Unicef report.

All eyes are on the Supreme Court that is set to deliver today its verdict on an appeal of war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury challenging his death penalty and other sentences.

The number of Bangladeshi female migrant workers has been on the rise even though migration of Bangladeshi workers has declined by 30 percent in 2014, compared to that of 2012.

About 60-70 percent of the people infected with the deadly Hepatitis B and C viruses globally are not aware that they are having the

Deputy commissioners (DCs) yesterday suggested introduction of a code of conduct for local elected representatives and formation of a high-powered committee to recruit teachers for private educational institutions.

Several thousand risky billboards and signposts set up legally and illegally across the capital pose a constant death threat to the city dwellers, in the absence of an effective oversight by the city authorities to ensure public safety. On Sunday, one such gigantic uni-pole billboard collapsed in the city's commercial hub of Motijheel Shapla Chattar, injuring a student and damaging a rickshaw. Simply by a stroke of luck, no one was killed in the ever crowded roundabout.

The discovery of an elusive particle theorised 85 years ago would eventually take the world to a new dawn of super fast electronics and computing.

The atrocity this unborn baby faced beats wartime savagery. Before she was born, one bullet pierced her right shoulder and another critically injured her right eye, as if to tell her that even a mother's womb is no longer a safe place for the unborn.

The government will implement the new pay structure for public servants excluding time scale and selection grade -- two compensatory perks for those who deserve promotions but cannot be given due to a shortage of posts.

Mob killings continue unabated in the country, as the offenders seldom face trial in a society that seems to be plagued by a culture of

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's firm stance favouring election to form a new BCL committee has caught off-guard many

Five key countries with high child marriage rates, including Bangladesh, have begun the legal process of ending child marriage for the

Bangladesh was never seen in rugs business in foreign markets until Karupannya set foot in Europe to make a story of success. The man behind Karupannya, Shafiqul Alam Selim began his journey in 1991 in Rangpur with just 15 craftsmen and now he has 5,000 workers and employees producing carpets, the majority of which are exported to the European Union, the US and Asia.

In the midst of a busy Eid shopping day in the bustling island city of Penang, Musa Sheikh, 53, was selling tabiz, amulets thought to

On the morning of July 12, all the hustle and bustle of the busy Eid market at the capital's Science Laboratory intersection came to a standstill, at least for a few minutes. Five armed men jumped out of a white microbus and forced two men into the vehicle. It was around 10:30. The victims -- two brothers, as it later transpired -- shouted for help from inside the vehicle with black glass, but none of the several hundred eyewitnesses dared to approach the microbus.

It was a morning a few years ago.

Shah Alam and his wife Piyara Begum were sad when they left Board Bazar for Narsingdi sadar two days before Eid. Just a couple of months back, they had

Children who grow up witnessing abuse in the family often become abusers themselves in adult life, said Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) President Ayesha Khanam yesterday.