The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will start a 10-day special operation of seven passenger ships on September 21, which will run between Dhaka and five districts on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma arrives in Dhaka today on a three-day visit to brief the government on preparations

Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed on expeditious repatriation of their fishermen who stray unwittingly into each other's territorial waters.

A five-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a youth at Baisha village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district yesterday. Mahatab Uddin,

The High Court on Tuesday cancelled its earlier order that granted bail to three accused of a carjacking case, as they allegedly submitted the bail petition

To provide assistance for the British nationals staying in Chittagong, a consular information corner opened at the British Council in the

Atul Khare, an Under-Secretary General and Head of Department of Field Support of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations, will

The Chittagong board yesterday published the results of 219 HSC examinees of the board after re-examining their answer sheets.

State Minister for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak yesterday said 1,000 union parishads will be brought under high speed internet

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday urged the lawyers each to conduct a case free of cost in a year to ensure justice for poor

Civil society representatives yesterday urged Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon to modify the

The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to protect the hills and

Owners and drivers of three-wheelers will form human chains at every upazila and district tomorrow, demanding withdrawal of the

President and general secretary of a faction of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), Altaf Mahmood and Kuddus Afrad, in a joint statement

The Department of Livestock Services has taken all out preparation for arranging supply of 1.09 crore sacrificial animals to meet

Civil society representatives yesterday urged Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon to modify the capital's waste management system to solve water logging problem and traffic jam.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has proposed increasing bus fare by 10 percent; however, private bus owners in Dhaka and Chittagong cities demanded the fare increase to be double that.

The High Court yesterday rejected summarily a writ petition that challenged the constitutional provision giving Islam the status of state religion of Bangladesh.

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday announced a budget of Tk 1,632.78 crore for fiscal 2015-16 in CCC auditorium.

The basic salary of civil servants will almost double under the new national pay scale with staffs in the lower rungs getting the highest raise. A new pay structure for civil servants and defence staffs was yesterday approved by the cabinet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Of the 20 grades, the basic salary will rise by 95 percent in the highest grade to become Tk 78,000 (fixed) and in the lowest grade by 101 percent to stand at Tk 8,250.