The government yesterday allocated Tk 41,241 crore for having a better rail and road connectivity between the capital and the southern part of the country to reap the maximum benefit from the Padma Bridge Project.

Fazlur Rahim, the presiding officer of 74 Panchpukuria Govt Primary School polling centre of Sundorpur union parishad in Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong, has sent a rejoinder to a photo published in The Daily Star on April 24.

The cost of the Padma Bridge River Training Works (RTW) is likely to increase further as additional areas have been brought under the RTW beyond the original plan due to excessive erosion of the river banks.

Months after deporting 26 “radicalised” Bangladeshi workers, Singapore arrested another eight Bangladeshis who the authorities said were members of a group called Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB).

The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday detained another suspect in connection with the killing of tailor Nikhil

Three members of a Christian family were injured when criminals hurled crude bombs at their house in Chuadanga's Damurhuda upazila early yesterday.

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transportation Authority (BIWTA) hopes to formally inaugurate the Paira seaport

The government yesterday slashed the fare for long-haul buses by 3 paisa per kilometre, drawing criticism from

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed tonight across the country with due respect and religious fervour.

The Supreme Court is set to pass an order tomorrow on a petition filed by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami

A special tribunal in Dhaka yesterday found five Kishoreganj Razakars guilty of abduction, torture and killings during

As many as 23,000 children might be saved a year in Bangladesh if women do not give birth before the age of 20, said a Unicef official, expressing concern over a high level of child marriage in the country.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow for a two day official visit to Bangladesh.

Former Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) Branch Manager Maia Santos-Deguito denies involvement in the transfer of stolen $81-million funds from the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to RCBC using fictitious accounts.

Police presses charges against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 42 others in an arson case filed with Paltan Police Station.

Human rights activist Sultana Kamal today observed that people are afraid to talk.

The annual ICC rankings update sees Bangladesh's Test team close the gap with eighth-placed West Indies from 29 points to just eight points.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) sends two of its officials on forced leave after a written complaint from Khulna University (KU) vice-chancellor stating that they demanded a bribe of Tk 10 lakh from him, says a press release.

Three members of a family are injured in a bomb attack carried out by the suspected robbers in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.

Five people, including two women, are killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar this morning.