The densely populated capital of Bangladesh continues to rank high in the list of cities with the worst air quality.

For the last eight years, political activities of BNP in Chattogram have been limited to its Nasiman Bhaban office in port city.

On a grey morning three years ago in northern Queensland, Australia, I boarded a microbus with several other birders.

In the 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, those in power have claimed of many developments in the country but they still could not ensure a safe and secure society for women, speakers said at an anti-rape rally yesterday.

President of the European Council Charles Michel has reaffirmed European Union’s continued support to Bangladesh for a lasting and peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis.

A former principal of Ispahani Girls’ School and College died after a train hit him in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area yesterday morning.

Expelled general secretary of Jubo Mohila League’s Narsingdi unit Shamima Nur Papia and her husband made Tk 6.24 crore illegally, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found in its investigation.

A senior shipbreaking worker died early yesterday -- five days after sustaining burn injury in a fire incident at the engine room of a ship at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday sentenced three people of Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh to jail unto death for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Expressing frustration over the failure to complete investigation even after nine years into the murder of journalist-couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, journalist leaders yesterday vowed to continue their movement until families of the victims get justice.

Police yesterday arrested a man on charge of raping a seven-year-old girl in Narayanganj town. The arrestee is Abdul Mannan (65), a resident of the town.

Late Latifur Rahman -- founder and former chairman of Transcom Group, its present chairman Shahnaz Rahman, and three of its sister concerns were once again honoured with tax cards by the National Board of revenue (NBR) for payment of highest amount of tax to the state exchequer for the fiscal year 2019-20.

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested a fraud gang’s ringleader, who has embezzled crores of taka from around a hundred jobseekers, introducing himself as an army official.

After waiting for 12 months for that miracle, it finally happened. On December 8, 2020, a grandmother in the UK was given the first Covid-19 vaccine shot. After wreaking havoc in the world not experienced since the second World War, there was a ray of hope that life would finally go back to normal.

Despite a higher percentage of adolescent girls using some form of menstrual products, the hygiene of menstrual practices remains very low among teenagers aged 15-19, revealed the Bangladesh Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (BAHWS) 2019-20. In the survey, 88 percent respondents mentioned they were harassed during commutes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she has released Tk 1,000 crore to construct 50,000 more houses for homeless and landless people.

Due to the pandemic, Amar Ekushey Book Fair, one of the most sought-after events got halt this year. This book fair, which is largest of its kind in this region, was paused after much deliberation by the decision of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

A man, around 45-years-old, was killed after a microbus hit him at Sarulia Ranimahal Bazar area in Dhaka’s Demra today.

One person has died and seven people were hurt in a fire that broke out at a chemical factory in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila.

An administrator has been appointed to Delta Life Insurance "to protect policy holders' interest".