Experts and stakeholders yesterday pointed out that many crucial issues, like speed limits, accident probes, safety and victims' compensation, and their related aspects have been missed out in a recently drafted “Bangladesh Road Transport Act-2016”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for developing the country's prisons as correction centres so that prisoners could leave their dark past and return to the normal life after serving their jail terms, reports UNB.

On the occasion of the first death anniversary of Dr Nuruzzaman Khokon, a free medical camp was organised in Norshingdi yesterday.

Advocate Ekhlak Hossain, former public prosecutor of Rajshahi Bar Council and founder president of Rajshahi Metropolitan BNP, died at a hospital in the capital on Friday, aged 75.

Four women ambassadors in Dhaka highlight the “shadow ambassador” initiative as a scheme to promote women leadership.

The High Court issues arrest warrant against three Hazaribagh tannery owners for not moving their factories to Savar and not appearing before court despite a summons order.

Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital postpones their indefinite strike after a meeting with the hospital authorities.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has urged the Bangladesh government to halt all executions and institute a

Bangladesh has said it rejects any narrow and misinformed interpretation of Islam, the religion of peace, and denounced the use of

Miscreants, impersonating as detective police, mugged Tk 7 lakh from a garment accessories businessman in the capital's Chankharpul

A woman was killed and another injured in a head-on collision between a car and a rickshaw-van on Bogra-Noagaon road in Dorgahat

Given that there was a glaring future of homeopathy in Bangladesh, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday

The local government ought to put emphasis on preventive measures to improve urban health rather than providing direct treatment,

A rally organised by a faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Chittagong city demanding arrest of the murderers of Nasim

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, gave birth to a baby girl yesterday, according to Gono Bhaban sources.

The insecurity of religious minorities implies the insecurity of all citizens in the country, human rights activist Sultana Kamal said at a

Transport owners and workers, social activists and businesspersons yesterday postponed their indefinite strike on the Sylhet-

Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam were re-elected chairman and general secretary respectively of Jatiya Party (Manju) at the

A local BNP leader was shot dead by some miscreants in Arongghata area of Khulna on Friday night.

Three months after expiring of the three-year tenure, at last the ruling Awami League is going to announce its Dhaka City Unit