Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Vikram Doraiswami has said India respects Bangladesh for the values on which the country was founded.

The term ‘lifestyle disease’ can come as a new concept for many. The simplest description of it would be a disease that is caused by irresponsible health choices we make in our day-to-day life.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is preparing a guideline for building roads and bridges that would be resilient to climate events.

Reading about Bangladesh’s rich history gives us an understanding about the people’s struggles, and helps us realise and value their sacrifices.

Customs officials detained a man with 130 gold bars weighing 15 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night.

After so many years, people are still waiting to see justice for the crimes committed during the Liberation War, as appeal hearings of 27 war-crime cases were halted for years at the Supreme Court (SC).

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed yesterday said a police station cannot be a place to plan murder.

Indigenous people should be granted stewardship for the land they exist on, said speakers at a virtual seminar yesterday.

Admission to the government’s training programmes on agriculture has apparently become highly competitive as a section of jobless youths is trying to survive the Covid-19 impact through farming.

A large number of students with disabilities may drop out of schools due to the pandemic as they are not attending online classes for lack of technological support, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Chairman Md Abdul Jalil yesterday offered unconditional apology to the High Court for not complying with its directive over fixing the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

Police last night arrested six persons including a printing press owner from Dhaka’s Lalbagh area on charge of pirating “Oshomapto Attojiboni” the autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said the drive to remove overhead cables in the city would resume again.

The authorities of Rajshahi University (RU) has decided to take admission tests for 2020-2021 academic session only through multiple choice questions (MCQs).

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) yesterday submitted a compliance report to the High Court, stating that the government has removed and destroyed expired medicine worth Tk 30.14 crore across the country from January to November this year.

BNP yesterday expressed reservations about relocation of Rohingyas to Bhashan Char.

People of the minority community in Jambudwip village of Barishal’s Banaripara upazila are passing days amid insecurity as they claim that they are being continuously harassed by an influential group.

Another 250 kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of the capital’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s third terminal yesterday.

A youth was burnt to death in a fire at a tin-shed house in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area early yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to shut down illegal brick kilns in Chattogram in a week in order to save the environment.