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.

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

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

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

Mass awareness to change people's negative attitudes towards women is required to ensure their security, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday. They said respect towards women should be implanted in children's minds during the early development years (0-3 years) and later through special classes in school.

Children falling victim to abuse, instead of keeping silent which encourages the perpetrators, should name and shame the culprits

Despite widespread protests, Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday categorically said the government would not withdraw the value added tax (VAT) imposed on the private universities.

Thousands of private university students took to the streets and blocked traffic in the capital and elsewhere yesterday to press home their demand for lifting the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on their “tuition fees” in the current budget. City dwellers suffered immensely as thousands of students barricaded key points in Rampura, Mohakhali, Baridhara, Dhanmondi and other areas for over six hours since around 10:00am, causing heavy traffic congestion that spilled over to nearby roads and allies.

Traffic problems reaches acute levels in Dhaka after road blockades were set up at several key points by demonstrating public university students.

More than 2,000 illegal easy bikes are operating in Chittagong city, violating a recent ban and adding to traffic congestion and the risk of accidents. Though the battery-run three-wheelers are seen in large numbers, police claimed that they were checking the vehicles' presence. Introduced in 2012, the three-wheelers do not have the fitness certificate and route permit and are unregistered. These are imported from China, and each costs Tk 1.5 lakh locally.