Not even five factories are ready to initiate production at Tannery Industrial Estate, whereas the authorities need at least 40 factories

BBC Bangla Service will start an eight-day special programme titled “Amar Nodi” (My River) on its radio, online and social media today,

Alamgir Hasan, a professor of the agriculture faculty of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), died due to

Connections of SIM of foreign nationals, visiting Bangladesh for a short period, would go off automatically after expiration of their visas.

An ethnic minority girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room in a hostel of Mymensingh Mahila

National Front of Teachers and Employees (NFTE), a platform of 11 organisations of teachers and education staff, yesterday demanded the

Thirteen North Koreans working at a restaurant based outside the country have defected to South Korea, the Unification Ministry says, marking the first mass defection since the United Nations passed powerful economic sanctions against the communist country last month.

Customs Intelligence officials found 20 gold bars, worth Tk 1 crore and weighing 2kg, inside a toilet of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka yesterday.

The cabinet committee on law and order yesterday expressed concern over the violence that killed at least 33 people during the two

Amena Begum, widow of journalist Rezaul Huq and mother of renowned Rabindra singer Mita Huq, passed away yesterday, aged 74, following a prolonged bout of illness, in her residence in the capital.

Senior Secretary of Public Administration Ministry Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury was elected as the chairman of Unesco's committee

Family members of death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur, on the outskirts of the capital,

Success is a journey that starts with inspiration, 25-year-old British entrepreneur of Bangladeshi origin Sabirul Islam said during a motivational speech at Dhaka University yesterday.

A Sylhet court yesterday deferred recoding of the testimony of witnesses to April 28 in the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a three-year jail sentence of former Awami League home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir's son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.

Describing the current Election Commission worse than the MA Aziz-led one during the last BNP government, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said no fair election was possible under it.

Thousands of commuters had to suffer as the train services of Sylhet with the other parts of the country remained suspended for ten hours as trees fell on tracks during a storm in Moulvibazar early yesterday.

Five people were killed and seven cops injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday said to solve the problems of Dhaka city there is no alternative to city government.

Alleging that there has been an alarming rise in the number of forced disappearances in the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the party would hold trials over these incidents if it comes to power.