Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurates the installation of metro rail’s tracks in Dhaka's Diabari area this morning.

A college student was killed in a road accident at Gopalpur upazila in Tangail yesterday.

Eminent personalities and top government officials yesterday showered Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal with love, respect and good wishes on his 69th birthday.

A group of helmet wearing miscreants, allegedly led by Awami League men, attacked a rally organised by Pragatishil Bal Oikya Jote in Sylhet city’s Bandarbazar area yesterday afternoon.

The number of casualties in workplaces increased in 2019 in comparison to the previous year, mainly due to lack of safety in the workplace, said a report.

An accused, who was arrested for killing Tejgaon businessman Tobarak Hossain, refused to give confessional statement after he was produced before a magistrate yesterday.

Mother of Diaz Irfan Chowdhury -- assistant general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), whose body was found in his flat near Chittagong University on November 20, 2016 -- has expressed her anger at Chattogram City Corporation Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin.

Good news for port city residents! To provide drinking water at a low price, Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is launching a water ATM in port city today.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a condition imposed by Bangladesh Bank (BB) in a job circular asking married female candidates for the post of assistant director (general) to mention their husbands’ residential addresses as their permanent addresses in their application forms.

A traffic police constable was killed in a road accident while on duty near Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka yesterday morning.

While reports of police and Buet’s Accident Research Institute (ARI) show that the number road accidents and casualties is on the rise, Road Transport and Brides Minister Obaidul Quader disagrees.

Masud Bin Momen has been made foreign secretary of Bangladesh as his predecessor M Shahidul Haque, the country’s longest-serving foreign secretary, has gone on retirement.

Accused in over half of the cases filed by Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) are acquitted due to flawed and incomplete investigation, improper presentation of cases at the trial court and weakness in prosecution, according to a report by the government agency.

Police arrested two youths in Narayanganj yesterday on charge of raping an RMG worker.

Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) yesterday expressed deep concerns over a recent directive to NGOs that have the words “indigenous/adivasi” in their titles, to rename themselves by dropping the words.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday hoped that the new year, 2020, will be the year of “restoration of democracy”.

The 20th annual general meeting (AGM) of Dhanmondi Club Ltd was held on December 28 on its premises.

A man with around 4180 Yaba tablets kept hidden in his stomach is held at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The country’s eminent citizens expresses strong condemnation for harassing Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and activists of Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad by implicating them in cases, one under Digital Security Act 2018.

The High Court questions the legality of a condition imposed by Bangladesh Bank (BB) in a job circular asking the married female candidates for the post of assistant director (general) to mention their husbands’ residential addresses as their permanent addresses in the application forms.