During an exam for second semester students in September, the teachers of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute noticed, to their astonishment, that some of the students were whiling away the hours.

A lack of good governance and reforms has put the Bangladesh economy under the most severe strain it has faced in the last decade, the Centre for Policy Dialogue said yesterday.

The BNP is likely to participate in the Dhaka city polls, to be held in January next year. However, many leftist parties are yet to decide on contesting the elections.

The High Court yesterday ruled that the loan defaulters must make down payment of 15 percent of the outstanding amount to get fresh loans from any scheduled bank in line with the 2012 Bangladesh Bank circular.

Over the last one year, 62 lakh new mobile connections became active, 57 lakh new users started using mobile data, and about 2 crore people switched to the much faster 4G connection. But only two new cell towers have been set up in the entire country.

To say the ghost of Bengaluru was laid to rest by Bangladesh’s first T20I win over India in the first of three matches in New Delhi yesterday would both be overselling and underselling the seven-wicket win.

Another 75 Bangladeshi migrant workers returned home from Saudi Arabia on Friday night amid a crackdown on undocumented migrant workers in the Gulf country.

Bangladesh will have to battle both India and the suffocating New Delhi smog when they take on the hosts in the first game of the three-match T20I series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium today. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm local time (7:30pm BST).

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right and its absence turns a human life into an animal’s life, rights activists said yesterday.

Brazilian federal police said they have arrested Saifullah Al-Mamun, born in Bangladesh and considered by authorities one of the world’s most prolific human traffickers.

Putting emphasis on improving the lifestyle of villagers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government was working to make the country’s rural economy stronger.

Except on the weekends and public holidays, Mir Arshedul Karim leaves his rented home in Mirpur for Dhaka University every morning, guided by his trusted white cane.

Wearing Khaki uniforms and carrying Sten guns and SLRs (self-loading rifles), five army personnel arrived at the erstwhile Dhaka central jail around 4:00am on November 3, 1975.

A group of unidentified criminals shot a local Awami League leader dead in Sirajganj yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Moinul Haque Manju, a ward councillor of Dhaka South City Corporation, on a 10-day remand in two cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.

The ruling Awami League has identified around 1,500 infiltrators who joined the party and its affiliated bodies on different occasions.

Recent deportation of migrant workers from Saudi Arabia brings to the fore how Bangladesh government fails to prevent malpractices in recruitment and ensure migrants’ welfare, according to experts.

A total of 104 Bangladeshi migrant workers returned home empty handed from Saudi Arabia on Thursday night.

Police have made significant progress in preparing the charge sheet of Abrar Fahad murder case and are expecting to submit it within this week, Monirul Islam, additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has said.

Although the much-talked-about Road Transport Act, 2018 came into effect yesterday, it could hardly be enforced anywhere in the country due to a lack of preparation from the authorities, especially the BRTA and the police.