The High Commission of Canada yesterday awarded four government officials for demonstrating leadership in efforts to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the world's 100 leading global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based prestigious magazine.

The government appears to be defying its own ban on Facebook. As the ban on Facebook in Bangladesh steps into the third week, a number of ministers, lawmakers, ruling party leaders, high officials, and wings of different ministries have been using the most popular social media platform almost regularly. Over the last two weeks, they posted photos, shared links, and updated their statuses in their official and personal Facebook accounts.

Foyes Ahmed Russel, organising secretary of Awami League (AL) Nabiganj municipality unit, was sent to jail on Monday in an attempted

A village doctor was shot by an unknown gang at Ranirbandar in Chirirbandar upazila of the district on Monday night.

The Facebook authorities have showed interest to sit with Bangladesh govt next week over issues related to cyber security, reports BSS.

Bangladesh offers transit facility to Nepal through its Chittagong and Mongla seaports for importing petroleum products from third countries to address its acute fuel crisis triggered due to the blockade at the Nepal-India border.

Two modern corvettes, built in China, would be added to Bangladesh Navy's fleet by the end of this December, said Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Farid Habib yesterday.

The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to constitute committees to prevent government agencies from filing civil lawsuits against each other.

The introduction of seamless movements of passenger and cargo vehicles under a four-nation road connectivity deal may get delayed due to the ongoing "border" crisis between Nepal and India.

The High Court yesterday ordered Khulna City Corporation's (KCC) mayor to submit in 15 days a list of structures under KCC named after Khan A Sabur, a collaborator of anti-liberation forces.

Police open fire on transport workers injuring one person after an eviction drive at the Tejgaon truck stand turned violent. Several journalists hurt as transport workers come down to the streets blocking Satrasta intersection.

The mass media should play a vital role in building massive awareness about HIV/AIDS for saving people from the deadly disease, said

The government will build regulated traffic turning facilities along a 32-km road from Gazipur to the capital's Satrasta aiming to reduce

A new ship for Bangladesh Navy “BNS Somudra Avijan” arrived at Chittagong Naval Base the USA yesterday, and was welcomed there by

A new ship for Bangladesh Navy “BNS Somudra Avijan” arrived at Chittagong Naval Base from the USA yesterday, and was welcomed there

Three UN peacekeepers of Bangladesh Army have sustained minor injuries in a mortar attack by rebels in Mali.

The government is going to implement a Tk 195 crore project for the socioeconomic development of the people of former enclaves.

Noting that the path of terrorism and suicide bombing is not the right one for a true Muslim, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said some elements with a perverted mentality were engaged in such misdeeds.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam yesterday said the government was determined to prevent illegal