Seven Bangladeshi nationals were rescued yesterday off the Myanmar coast after they were thrown from a fishing trawler packed with migrants heading to Malaysia, a coast guard officer said.

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, who is undergoing treatment at a Shillong hospital in the Indian state of Meghalaya, had a reunion with his wife Hasina Ahmed yesterday evening after over two months.

Returning empty-handed from Iraq around 18 months ago after being allegedly cheated by two recruiting agencies, 19 Bangladeshi workers yesterday demanded that the government cancel their licences and compel them to provide compensation.

The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) yesterday asked females seeking jobs as domestic helps in Saudi Arabia to

Mohammadpur Preparatory Higher Secondary School decides to sack cleaner Gopal for trying to sexually harass a Class-1 student and to remove school rector Zeenatun Nesa for her indecent behaviour with guardians over the issue.

Malaysia yesterday pressed Myanmar to engage in talks on Southeast Asia's boat-people influx, warning it may otherwise call an emergency meeting on the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

Bangladesh and Malaysia yesterday agreed to continue cooperation with other countries of the region and make coordinated efforts to

A mobile court of Power Development Board (PDB) in Chittagong city yesterday disconnected 14 electricity connections of 11 consumers

Bangladesh Chhatra Union yesterday announced to create "Pritilata Brigade", an all-female platform to protest sexual harassment, at all

It was called a national rally of beggars. But the crowd at the auditorium was formed by people from different walks of life. Only a few said they were actually beggars.

In a society where violence against women in private and public spaces goes unpunished, is it any wonder that sexual harassment in the cyber domain continues to be firewalled?

While the government has taken a plan to develop Uttara Lake at the cost of Tk 35 crore, a city corporation contractor has been filling earth in the water body for the last two weeks.

Two farmers were killed and another three injured in lightning strikes at Beldia in Sreepur of Gazipur yesterday.

Although six months have passed since a tourist vessel capsized in the Shela River in the Sundarbans, the authorities are yet to take

The upcoming budget should have measures to boost investment, reduce cost of business and support sectors affected by the recent political violence, said industrialists and economists yesterday.

A Gazipur City Corporation's listed contractor was arrested by police hours after a clash on Wednesday noon in the GCC building that left

A total of 100 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were installed in the capital's Guslhan, Baridhara and Niketan yesterday with an

Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd disconnected illegal gas pipeline at Harindhara of Hemayetpur in Savar, outside the capital, yesterday.

Building mass awareness is crucial in protecting the rights of sexual minorities, said discussants at a programme yesterday.

An open air concert against sexual harassment will be held near TSC on the Dhaka University campus today from 4:00pm.