Green activists yesterday demanded a halt to the government efforts to introduce genetically modified (GM) crops, mainly BT Brinjal, which they say has been proved a “failure” in the farmers' fields.

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday told parliament that they were looking for a new mechanism to manage recruitment of foreign workers without involving middlemen.

The cabinet yesterday approved the proposed list of holidays for the 2016 calendar year with 14 general holidays and eight more by the executive order of the government.

The government has issued a policy saying 40 percent of seats must be reserved for local students in Dhaka during admission to secondary, junior secondary and combined primary sections at private schools and colleges.

The government has decided to set up 2,000 computer labs and 64 language training labs in educational institutions across the country under a Tk 298.98 crore project.

A five-member Malaysian government delegation will arrive in Dhaka today to finalise the recruitment modality to hire workers from Bangladesh.

Fourteen migrants who returned from Iraq between March and October yesterday sought the government's intervention in ensuring that a private recruitment agency pays them compensation “for fraudulence” and that legal steps are taken against it.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave tomorrow for a four-day visit to the Netherlands to discuss bilateral cooperation in Bangladesh's water management and garment industry.

A cargo vehicle started off from Kolkata yesterday noon on a trial run on a route under the June 15 agreement allowing seamless movement of people, cargo and personal vehicles across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.

Dhaka Sub-Editors Council (DSEC) has sought scholarship applications for its members' children, who passed Primary

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government is working to raise the number of students in technical education to

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has asked all to lodge their complaints about additional fare in public transport in Dhaka

Marking the centenary of Justice Debesh Bhattacharya's birth, a meeting was held in Abdul Karim Shahitto Bisharad Auditorium of Bangla

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government has a plan to build five metro rails

The Payra sea port in Patuakhali would be operational from December on a limited scale. The government plans to gradually turn it into a deep seaport. "Apart from a deep seaport in Matarbari, another one will be constructed in Payra," Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told the press after an Ecnec meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Ministry at a meeting yesterday discussed the progress of implementation of Chittagong-CUET (Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology) rail project and a comprehensive report on purchasing machinery parts of OTM and LTM of BISIC and some other institutions.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam yesterday requested the Australian government to

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday assured that printing of school textbooks will be completed on schedule and students will get them by the start of next year.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources suggested increasing electricity lines

Bangladesh has sought cooperation from India to construct the Ganges Barrage on the Padma river, said Water Resources Minister