Nearly 15 years ago, the High Court had ordered the government to relocate around 200 tanneries from the city’s Hajaribag to save the Buriganga river and the environment.

Former chief of the Indian army's eastern command Lt Gen (retd) JFR Jacob, who negotiated the surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka following the 1971 war, passed away at the age of 92 after prolonged illness.

In a bizarre incident, cleaners of Dhaka City Corporations dump large quantity of stinky garbage in front of some business establishments in Gulshan after the offices refused to pay them ‘tips’.

Hajj pilgrims will have to pay Tk 3.49 lakh this year for hajj pilgrimage under private management, says Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab).

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the whole nation is disappointed at yesterday's speech of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Public university teachers who are agitating against “pay disparity” say they want to talk with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to press home their demand.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River halted for three hours due to dense fog.

Zimbabwe recruit Makhaya Ntini and Marvan Atapattu to be assistant coach and batting consultant respectively, according to a report published today on the Zimbabwe Cricket website.

A Bangladesh Bank official traumatised by alleged police torture is admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

A parliamentary body endorses a proposal to increase train fare aiming at improving the service quality and minimising losses in the sector.

The High Court fixes February 14 for hearing the appeal against acquittal of BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an address to the nation marking two years of Awami League government, seeks all-out cooperation of the countrymen to turn Bangladesh into a prosperous and developed country by 2041.

The government set 50km per hour as the maximum driving speed during fog in view of the recent road crashes all over the country.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha joins in the Dhaka city campaign and requests South’s Mayor Sayeed Khokon to take necessary measures in this regard.

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.

At practice on Monday, Chandika Hathurusingha conducts a long session that was all about specific skills for the T20 games in Tigers’ 2016 itinerary.

The authorities withdraw an assistant superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge from Brahmanbaria following a clash that left a madrasah student dead.

Public university teachers on strike demanding the removal of “pay disparity” in the new national pay scale protests the premier’s warning against their class boycotts.

BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the party would take “right course of actions” in light of the changes in the global political trend to restore the country’s democracy.

In a latest reshuffle in the civil administration, the government transfers seven secretaries to new ministries and divisions.