Two workers were killed and another was injured severely in a cylinder blast at an oxygen-filling shop in Nasirabad area in Chattogram city yesterday morning.

The United Nations' refugee agency has teamed up with Ayesha Abed Foundation -- the humanitarian wing of Brac -- to provide income opportunities by developing skills of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women in craft production in Cox's Bazar.

Jute mill workers have withdrawn their strike, protests and blockade, following a five-hour meeting with government officials held in Dhaka on Monday night around 11:30 pm.

A parliamentary body recommends that the authorities concerned will have to inform the ministry of foreign affairs about the foreign trips of any government delegation or players before their journey.

A passenger along with 4,500 yaba tablets inside his stomach is detained at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The BGMEA building will be demolished by using controlled demolition method (blasting with explosives), ASM Raihanul Ferdous, project director of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) says.

BDCOM Online Ltd launches the IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service as the first company in the country on Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar.

Stocks plunged to a five-month-low today at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

From now on, only female magistrates will record statements of female and child victims of rapes and sexual harassment. The chief judicial magistrates and chief metropolitan magistrates have to assign female magistrates for recording statements of the victims.

The Bangladesh government should thoroughly investigate the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and fairly prosecute all those responsible, Human Rights Watch says.

Two workers were killed and another injured after a gas cylinder exploded inside a factory in Chattogram city.

The High Court has asked transport authority to dispose of Suprobhat Paribahan’s bid to restore its route permit within the next 30 days.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkah (Rajuk) seals off the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building on Hatirjheel in Dhaka.

DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and noted media personality Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated this year's Berger Alponay Baishakh event on Saturday night at Manik Mia Avenue.

Despite Bangladesh being a riverine country, Dhaka residents don't see enough waterbodies unless one counts the flooded roads

Five people were killed and 22 persons injured in road accidents in five districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

A man was killed by unknown criminals at Saral union under Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram early yesterday.

A man was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Savar bazaar bus-stand area on Sunday.

Bhutan has shown strong interest in recruiting medical specialists from Bangladesh for its government hospitals.

People of the port city celebrated Pahela Baishakh amidst much enthusiasm and festivity on Sunday.