Finance Minister Muhith proposes imposing tax on bonus and festival allowances of civil servants besides their salary in the 2015-16 budget.

Finance minister proposes raising VAT on private education which includes English medium schools and private engineering and medical colleges, for 2015-16 fiscal.

The apex court stays a High Court directive that halted the government’s suspension order of Rajshahi city Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul.

European Union announces release of €10.5 million fund for the primary education of Bangladesh through its sector budget support operation.

Seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami are held from Chandina upazila of Comilla for their alleged involvement with firebomb attack on a bus that left seven people injured.

Finance minister is unveiling the budget for 2015-16 fiscal – what is believed to be a jumbo size of around Tk 295,100 crore.

After Ashraful's spectacle, people could believe that a Bangladeshi batsman could in fact dominate a strong bowling attack without fail.

See the various stats and records between Bangladesh and India from the first time these countries faced each other on the cricket field.

Bangladesh Cricket Board announces the 14-man squad for India Test match set to begin from June 10, 2015 at Fatullah Stadium.

Some opposition members on India’s Joint Committee of Parliament examining the draft legislation are toying with the idea of “boycotting” it.

Police arrest a wanted human trafficker who is also a Union Parishad member in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.

Police cannot say about the motive of the attack; probe body formed to investigate.

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen moved to United States by the Center for Inquiry (CFI), New York-based advocacy group, which says that she received death threats, reports The Huffington Post.

Jatiya Sangsad unanimously adopted a thanks giving motion over the ratification of the longstanding Land Boundary Agreement in Indian Loksabha and Rajyasabha.

Bangladesh wraps up their warm-up campaign for the Joint Qualifiers of the World Cup and the Asian Cup with a 1-1 draw against Afghanistan.

Bangladesh receives $1.32 billion in remittance in May against $1.29 billion in March 2015.

The Congress in India urges the Centre to grant citizenship to Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh.

On their way out of Thailand, several workers boarded fishery trawlers to go offshore for fishing in the Indonesian sea, but they returned as trafficked entities. The workers were rescued by Thai authorities and brought home on a Royal Thai Air Force C-130 aircraft.

“My arms and legs were tied in such a way that it was impossible for me even to change sides without help,” said Jewel, who was abducted and held captive by human traffickers in November last year.

A Dhaka court rejects bail petitions of BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for the second time in three arson attack cases filed with Paltan Police Station this year.