Leading nutritionists and food experts yesterday suggested investing more in nutrition, saying it could accelerate productivity and break the cycle of poverty in Bangladesh.

Razia Rahman, wife of slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan, broke down in tears as soon as bereaved father Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq entered her flat Tuesday afternoon.

Most of the drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws in the capital refuse to go to desired destinations of passengers,

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against BNP leaders Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Sadeque Hossain Khoka,

Amid a debate on whether Islamic State (IS) exists in the country, an Indian security expert yesterday said there was

As many as 45 journalists and “freelancers” have so far been killed this year worldwide including four online activists in Bangladesh, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Strict vigilance should be maintained so that none, including Rohingyas, other than Bangladeshi nationals are included in the voter list, which is being updated currently, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad.

The son of a witness, who testified against convicted war criminal Abdus Subhan and was hacked on Sunday night, yesterday filed a case accusing four people, including Awami Krishak League's Ishwardi upazila unit secretary, while police have arrested a man in Pabna's Shahpur village.

Although the new fare of CNG-run auto-rickshaws comes into effect in Dhaka city from today, many three-wheelers have been staying off the streets, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.

Several organisations of rights and cultural activists and freedom fighters yesterday protested Amnesty International's recent statement

In what appeared to be synchronised attacks on publishers of slain secularist writer-blogger Avijit Roy, unknown assailants hacked to death Faisal Arefin Dipan of Jagriti Prokashani and critically injured Shuddhoswar's Ahmedur Rashid Tutul yesterday. The body of 43-year-old Dipan was recovered from his second-floor office at Aziz Market in the capital.

A 19-member convening committee for the overall welfare and development of the Greater Mymensingh Samity was formed on October

The port in Chittagong should be expanded to increase its capacity and the city should be provided with

Agronomists at a conference in the capital yesterday stressed the need for developing the country's char areas to introduce agriculture

A new report outlining the framework for sustainable development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts was launched in Kathmandu.

Different social, cultural, political, and student organisations, academicians, development partners and publishing houses yesterday condemned the attack on publishers and writers in the capital that left one killed and three injured.

The brutal attacks killing a publisher and injuring three others in the capital today may have been carried out at the same time, police suspect.

Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque feared for his son when he heard of the attack on Avijit Roy’s publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul.

Had traffic been more disciplined, had housing been a serious enterprise, had civic and public spaces been nurtured, and had the landscape of water and green been sustained, Dhaka would also have been a magnificent, livable place. And that city is possible.

A tremor shook different parts of Sylhet district yesterday.