Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged journalists to be neutral in their work, and assured them that her government does not want to control the media.

Staff Welfare Association (SWA) of icddr,b yesterday announced that they would continue demonstrations demanding salary hike and

FCI (BD) Ltd yesterday issued a rejoinder to a news item headlined “Savar RMG workers protest unpaid overtime” published in The Daily

Trust Technical Training Institute, for army soldiers to be self-employed after their retirement, was inaugurated at Savar Cantonment,

The government yesterday revealed a detailed three-year national action plan to combat human trafficking and protect the victims by

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday admitted that the government could not take punitive action against a top official of Sonali Bank for involvement in Hallmark loan scam due to interference from “our own men”.

The High Court yesterday ordered the health secretary and the director general of the Directorate General of Food to report in three

India has accepted Bangladeshi government's proposal to open a new deputy high commission in Guwahati in Assam.

Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association (BPA) yesterday formed a human chain before Jatiya Press Club demanding formation of an independent council for

The country's achievements in the last 50 years will become questionable, if the government reduces the marriageable age for females to 16 from the existing

Exporters, including apparel makers, will now have to pay 0.6 percent tax at source on their income from export from the upcoming fiscal year, as the government slashed the rate from the proposed 1 percent.

Two Chinese companies have expressed interest in constructing two mega projects -metro rail and expressway -- in Bangladesh.

BNP yesterday demanded that the government reduce power tariffs after adjusting fuel oil prices with the international market, where prices marked a sharp fall, and accordingly revise the deals with private electricity companies.

Saudi Arabia's recruitment authorities have reportedly blamed Bangladesh's expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry of “deliberately” delaying

Green activists yesterday demanded conservation of Lalbagh Fort as per the guidelines of Unesco, since the authorities concerned dismantled a portion of the historic fort's boundary wall to set up a parking lot.

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) ABMG Kibria died of old-age complications at a hospital in the capital on Sunday. He was 87.

Bangladesh's floating population in 2014 was 50 percent less than what was in 1997, revealed a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) census report launched yesterday.

Education ministry is towards the bottom in getting budgetary allocation among the top 10 priority-based ministries. Whereas some ministries have got Tk 16,000 crore for

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to stop within 24 hours the construction of a car park by razing the boundary wall of historic Lalbagh Fort in Old Dhaka.

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