The government is planning to set up country’s first underground power substations in the capital’s Karwan Bazar and Gulshan-1 to increase the capacity of power supply and cut the dependency on land.

Unsafe environment for women at workplace and other institutions is a major barrier to Bangladesh’s aspiration of becoming a middle income country, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University yesterday lifted their road blockade at Nilkhet, after issuing a 24-hour ultimatum to the university authorities. The blockade was held earlier in the day to press home their five-point demand, including explanation of mass failures in examinations and re-evaluation of answer scripts.

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed the proceedings on a High Court rule regarding compensation to Jaha Alam, till May 13.

A section of speakers at a discussion yesterday demanded strict implementation of the Copyright Act 2017 to ensure the rights of creators of original works by determining whether, and under what conditions, others can use it.

Road Transport and Bridges Division Secretary Nazrul Islam yesterday emphasised finding ways to tackle challenges in achieving the government’s goals towards becoming a middle income country within 2021 and developed country within 2041.

His name is Lee. Standing at around four feet tall, he can interact with people, walk, and communicate in Bangla. Did we mention -- he can even dance!

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka jails three people for differed terms and fined Tk five lakh each for buying, reserving and marketing contaminated medicine for cancer.

The latest wage board that recommended the new salary structure for the garment workers did not adjust the five per cent annual automatic increment with the basic of the new structure, the findings of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) say.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to release Md Arman, a technician at a Benarasi Palli in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, who has allegedly been suffering in jail for more than three years in a drug case in place of the real accused.

A group of citizens has demonstrated in Dhaka demanding release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

The Supreme Court stays till May 13 the High Court proceedings on the rule regrading compensation to Jaha Alam who was wrongly in prison for three years because of an identity mess-up.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home concluding her three-day official visit to Brunei Darussalam at the invitation of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

Students of seven colleges affiliated with the Dhaka University (DU) have blocked the busy Nilkhet and New Market roads in Dhaka to force the authorities accept their demands.

Authorities have launched a drive yet again to curb jaywalking in capital Dhaka. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) began the three-day special drive from today in an attempt to bring discipline among jaywalkers.

Authorities at state-run water supply company Wasa say that its supply water gets polluted in the pipelines before reaching the consumer level.

A Jubo League man is killed in what lawmen described as gunfight in Chattogram city’s Agrabad area.

At least two people have been killed and two injured as two buses hit a private car and two rickshaws in Matsya Bhaban intersection area of Dhaka.

Some 30 Rohingya youths have graduated from the WFP (United Nations World Food Programme) Storytellers programme at an event held in Cox's Bazar on Saturday.

Two garment workers died and six were injured in a wall collapse following an explosion caused by a gas line leak at a house in Bhulta area of Rupgani upazila yesterday.