Barisal City Corporation Chief Engineer Nurul Islam received a show cause notice from the LGRD ministry on Tuesday for giving an

The government should implement zero tolerance policy against child abusers irrespective of their political or social connection or

Owners and drivers of auto-rickshaws yesterday threatened to launch a tougher movement, if the government's ban on three-wheelers

Though Bangladesh has made significant progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and joined the ranks of

It will be difficult for the Fire Service and Civil Defence Department to tackle a massive earthquake in the capital, should once occur, due

University of Asia Pacific students forms a human chain at Dhaka’s Farmgate demanding withdrawal of 7.5 percent VAT on tuition fees of private universities.

Senior counsel ABM Nurul Islam yesterday urged the Supreme Court to release the full verdicts in all cases shortly after they are

Orion Group Chairman M Obaidul Karim yesterday hosted a farewell reception for Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Yun-young in

The country's judicial system is bound to collapse due to an inadequate number of judges, a parliamentary body observed yesterday.

Several student and rights organisations yesterday demanded that the government create a separate land commission for plain land

After the controversial import of "sub-standard" wheat from Brazil, the food ministry has run into trouble from importing a batch of

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman has demanded trial of the policemen who were closed or suspended over the killing of Rajon.

It's a murder most horrid. His only "fault" was that he left his old garage job and joined elsewhere. And for this, he died a cruel death allegedly at the hands of his former employer.

Kuril flyover is built to reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka city but within about two years, this 3.1 kilometer structure has been severely damaged. Besides, the roads in the capital city have been in a deteriorating state, with numerous potholes, open manholes, and damaged sidewalks.

People continued to suffer for the third consecutive day yesterday as auto-rickshaw workers and owners demonstrated against the government ban on three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles on highways.

In the rainy season, life of thousands of people comes to a near standstill due to waterlogging in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra dam area.

A 20-year-old man who was arrested in Chittagong city's Amin Colony field on Sunday night says police deliberately shot him in the calf muscle from a close range just hours later while law enforcers claim the pellets were shot by his cohorts during an exchange of gunfire with police.

A state-owned filling station in the capital's Poribagh was shut down for several hours yesterday after consumers laid siege to it alleging that the petrol pumps had been tampered with and were providing less than what the consumers were paying for.

Several hundred people locked the divisional headquarters of Water Development Board (WDB) in Rajshahi city yesterday demanding that the authorities concerned ensure protection of the district from bank erosion of Padma.

Transport workers' blockade on the first Buriganga Bridge protesting a steep rise in toll rates and demanding an immediate revision of the new charges continued for the third consecutive day yesterday.