Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives in Dhaka tonight on a one-day visit to brief the Bangladeshi leadership on the deal signed between Iran and global superpowers recently.

Bangladesh and Malaysia are likely to sign a deal today, allowing the private sector to recruit Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia, according to the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister.

United Nations (UN) wants its peacekeepers to maintain the highest standard of integrity and respect for human rights in every aspect of personal and professional conduct, a UN official said yesterday.

In face of continuous student protests in Dhaka and other cities, the government has finally withdrawn the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on the private universities and medical and engineering colleges.

Students continue their protest against 7.5 percent VAT on private universities’ tuition fees and blocked some key roads in Dhaka again.

Households having migrants are faring better than those that do not with the remittance being sent contributing significantly in reducing poverty and creating employment, says a survey of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU).

Nine children, out of 10, who were "rescued” from a flat in the capital's Banashree on Saturday, have been sent to the Juvenile Development Centre in Gazipur while another was handed over to his family.

The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Associations (FBUTA) yesterday warned of a tougher movement after the Eid-ul-Azha if the government fails to meet their demands including immediate revision of the 8th national pay scale and a separate salary structure for them.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately stop illegal parking of vehicles, sound pollution and use of hydraulic horns in the capital.

Private university students yesterday blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar for over an hour on the first day of their three-day

Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday urged the public to immediately inform the ministry about any incident of

Over 100 workers of the Keya Knit Composite Ltd in Jarun area of Gazipur city yesterday fell sick in what doctors said could be assign of

Teachers of all 37 public universities will observe a daylong work stoppage today, demanding salaries with due dignity in the eighth

Police rescue 10 children from a flat at Banashree in Dhaka and detained three persons for their alleged involvement in child trafficking.

My participation in the Language Movement was not an isolated incident. While I was involved in politics, I studied

Police rescued a girl from Polashbari village of Nilphamari Sadar on Thursday, nearly two months after her abduction.

A dredger of Sinohydro Corporation got damaged after a ferry mounted it around 10:00am yesterday although ferry service along the

The Sher-e-Bangla Hall authorities yesterday suspended the residential status of two students of the Bangladesh University of

Around 100 turtles seized by the members of Rapid Action Battalion and the officials of Bangladesh Forest Department in Shakhari Bazar of Old Dhaka.

UDDIPAN, a micro finance institution, and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company, Japan launched a cooperative test marketing of micro life insurance project