The cabinet yesterday gave its final approval to the draft of “The Jute Law, 2015” modifying the existing “Jute Ordinance” of 1962 and including a maximum three-year imprisonment or one lakh taka fine or both for violators.

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the ninth session on January 20.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 29 Bangladeshi nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through Benapole border on

The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association (FBUTA) threatens to observe indefinite work abstention at all public universities on January 11 if the government does not deliver on its pledges of removing "discriminations" in the 8th national pay scale.

The Tripura government says that the Bangladesh government is keen to see the resolution of Teesta river water-sharing issue with India.

The government is going to implement the phase II of its village court project as an effective local dispute resolution

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive demolished 5,000 to 6,000 illegal establishments on Turag riverbank under Uttara and Turag police stations in the capital yesterday, claimed DMP.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines had a good year, turning a profit of Tk 275 crore in the first nine months of 2015.

The High Court yesterday directed the government authorities concerned to immediately stop the demolition of four

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Suhrab Hossain has been asked to return home though his contractual

International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday granted prosecutors time and fixed March 14 for submission of formal

Municipal polls in frames

More than 44 million primary and secondary level students are set to receive new textbooks on the first morning of 2016, as around 33 crore copies of textbooks are ready for free distribution.

Teachers of nursing colleges yesterday sought the prime minister's intervention for timely promotion of nurses

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern over the safety and reliability of the proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant.

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of “The Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC) Act-2015” aiming to bring BNCC under a legal framework and set up a separate department to this end.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will run a special bus service for ferrying Muslim pilgrims to and from the Bishwa Ijtema, the largest congregation of the Muslims after the hajj, from January 6 to 19.

People will give a befitting reply to those who are trying to create a debate over the number of martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War, said Prof Emeritus Anisuzzaman yesterday.

The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association (FBUTA) yesterday threatened a complete shutdown of all public universities across the country if the government did not deliver on its pledges of removing "discriminations" in the 8th national pay scale by December 31.

Even after four decades of independence, Bangladesh has failed to establish strong democratic institutions, and this remains a major impediment to the building of a liberal democratic culture, says a study report of BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).