The government yesterday requested a 25-member visiting Saudi delegation to remove barriers to hiring Bangladeshi professionals such as doctors, nurses and teachers and skilled and semi-skilled male workers in sectors including construction and agriculture.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is deployed in Dhaka for 12 hours to maintain security in the capital.

President Vladimir Putin vowed vengeance yesterday as Moscow confirmed that a bomb attack brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Jaago Foundation has organised a daylong programme tomorrow for underprivileged children in 32 districts of the

An accused in a money laundering case yesterday filed a contempt of court petition with the Supreme Court against a lower court judge

Teachers of geography and environment department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have decided to boycott all academic activities for an indefinite period demanding legal action against a fellow teacher.

Those who have interfered with the master plan of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban Complex and built different structures including graves in and around it must be brought to justice, Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharrof Hossain told parliament last night.

Authority yesterday directed all secondary schools in Chittagong to refund the extra fees charged for the registration of SSC exams 2016 in seven days, or else, it would go for stern actions.

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Khandker Mahbub Hossain yesterday urged the government to stop “wholesale arrest” of people and ensure the fundamental rights.

Today is the 39th death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, a legendary politician and a dreamer of independent Bangladesh.

The only thing the families of the three recently slain policemen want is justice.

Workers found an old rocket shell in Panchlaish Police Station compound in Chittagong while digging a hole for a deep tubewell yesterday

The workers of Green Life Composite Ltd at Tongabari in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital yesterday went on a daylong strike

In a bid to win back the majority of Bangladeshi television audiences from the serials of Indian TV channels, Deepto TV will go on air with the theme "Aloy Vuban Vora" from November 18, the organisers said yesterday.

Three police officials including the officer-in-charge of Bayezid Police Station in Chittagong city have been suspended for filing a “false” case against an oil company.

Some 300 teachers and students joined a procession and rally of Rajshahi University Teachers Association (Ruta) on the campus yesterday

A project to improve safety and security in the country's airports was awarded to Sumitomo Corporation, Japan.

Customs authorities detained an Indian national with four gold bars, weighing around 4kg, in the capital's Shahjalal International Airport yesterday afternoon.

Swedish Deputy Minister for Employment Irene Wennemo arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a two-day visit to see developments and progress made in the country's labour market.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that cleared the way for a corruption case against former BNP state minister for liberation war affairs Redwan Ahmed dismissing an appeal filed by him challenging the HC judgment.