Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

It was a stunning revelation for many in the world when the education ministry of Saudi Arabia released the statistics two years ago

A mega conference of world parliamentarians kicks off today in Dhaka promising to focus on ways and means to end political and economic inequality for upholding democracy and human rights.

Some 13.6 million rural people in Bangladesh do not have access to clean water, according to a new survey by WaterAid.

Bangladesh is among the countries with the lowest level of wastewater treatment in the Asia Pacific region.

On March 1, Ranjan Das came to the BRTA in Mirpur from Comilla for a fitness test of his human haulier. The test, done at the automated Vehicle Inspection Centre (VIC) on the BRTA compound, found problem in the brake. So denied the fitness certificate, Ranjan, who doesn't even has a professional driving licence, drove back to Comilla, about 90km from Dhaka.

Seventeen lakh children under five die every year across the globe owing to unhealthy or polluted environment, according to the World Health Organization.

Consumers can now be assured of food safety themselves just by using a litmus-like paper designed by Buet researchers to determine the presence of formalin in food items. A drop of a drink on the paper can help learn whether it is safe. To know if any fruit, vegetable or other solid food item is adulterated with formalin, a small amount of water from washing them can be used.

Mohammad Billal, in his late 20s, has been professionally driving minibuses and pick-up trucks for the last seven years in the capital and only recently he applied for a driving licence. Billal is set to get a professional driving licence from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority on March 30.

Ahh! A Paan after a sumptuous dinner. Nothing like it.

Over a month and a half has elapsed but the health secretary has not issued any circular asking doctors to write prescription in block letters or provide printed prescriptions in compliance with a High Court order issued on January 9.

Col (retd) Abdul Kader Khan, a suspect in MP Liton murder case, is neither a popular political figure nor a known face in his

On average, 64 people die every day from injuries suffered in traffic accidents, a government-supervised survey reveals. The startling figure belies daily media reports of deaths caused by road crashes and shows that such fatalities go grossly underreported.

On an average, 17 people lost their lives every day on the country's roads and highways this year, according to Bangladesh Passengers' Welfare Association.

The six-member search committee proposed, among other things, enacting a law on formation of the Election Commission.

If number speaks for itself, Awami League ally Bangladesh Tariqat Federation can consider itself very lucky at the moment.

Former secretary KM Nurul Huda has been chosen to lead the next Election Commission. President Abdul Hamid appointed him chief election commissioner last night in line with a constitutional provision, according to a gazette notification issued around 10:00pm.

The search committee is likely to pick two former secretaries from a list of five for the post of chief election commissioner in the next Election Commission.

Body snatching and selling of the skeletons have everything of an illicit trade.

When Islam (full name withheld) signed up for MBBS studies three years ago, he faced an uphill task. For his anatomy course, he badly needed a human skeleton but he could not get one.

The six-member search committee is likely to propose the names of two former bureaucrats for the post of chief election commissioner of the next Election Commission.