Demanding a prompt re-construction of the Sylhet-Companiganj-Bholaganj Road, eleven organisations yesterday started a strike for an indefinite period and blocked important points of the road.

Both factions of the recently split Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) yesterday demanded that the Election Commission (EC) authorises the single person whom each named for selecting chairman candidates in the union parishad (UP) polls.

Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh, was shown arrested yesterday again in another case filed for creating anarchy and preventing police from discharging their duties in February 2013.

A woman, her son and a relative were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck in Shahporan area of Sylhet city yesterday around 8:30pm.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death penalty of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Masumur Rahman

A seminar titled “Shakespeare: Our Contemporary” was held at the permanent campus of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) in the capital's Mirpur recently, said a press release yesterday.

Detectives submitted the charge sheet to a Narayanganj court yesterday accusing only one person in a case filed for killing five members

The Anti Corruption Commission has filed a case against lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid, also a presidium member of Jatiya Party, on the charge of grabbing a government land, reports UNB.

Reckless driving killed a seven-year-old girl on Demra-Kaliganj road in Bauliapara area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj yesterday.

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested a former branch manager of Standard Bank in connection with an embezzlement case in

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear before a special court today for hearing the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed by the Anti Corruption Commission, said Sanaullah Miah, one of her counsels.

The British Council organised a discussion titled "Digital Skills-Can They Change Girls' Lives?" in Lakeshore Hotel in the capital recently.

The High Court yesterday fixed May 4 for hearing the appeal filed against a lower court judgment that acquitted BNP leader Tarique

Bhutan's Minister for Agriculture and Forests Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji yesterday stressed more collaboration with Bangladesh Rice Research

Entry into Ramna Park and Suhrawardy Udyan marking Pahela Baishakh on April 14 will be prohibited from 4:00pm and the premises must be vacated by 5:00pm, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam yesterday.

Novo Nordisk, a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company, will observe World Health Day today to raise awareness about the rise in diabetes and its consequences, said a press release yesterday.

The daily total working hours for nearly 80 percent of child domestic workers (CDWs) are 14 to 18 hours, revealed a survey conducted

Former and current students of Premier University yesterday formed human chains in different areas of Chittagong city demanding

The body of Nasrin Akhter,32, who was allegedly murdered by her in-laws at Nawabganj of Dhaka, was exhumed yesterday 37 days after her death following a court order.

Shahidul Islam, an NGO worker and elder brother of Diplomatic Correspondent of The Daily Star Rezaul Karim Lotus, died due to heart