Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her government's steadfast stand to take legal action against the persons responsible for colossal damage to the people and killing innocent people alive in the name of politics.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Education Ministry yesterday suggested the government increase the number of schools

The government is unconcerned over the delay in issuing machine readable passports (MRP) to at least 25 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined the owner of Manila hill Tk 10 lakh for keeping 2,500 sacks of sand on the hill slope which resulted in a

Save the Children Country Director Michael McGrath met Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday at the latter's office and

The government will prove that it can punish terrorists and fundamentalists involved in brutal murders and cyber terrorism, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.

The Dhaka North City Corporation will propose a Tk 1,650 crore budget today and the Dhaka South City Corporation a Tk 2,085.36 crore budget tomorrow for the 2015-2016 fiscal.

The government will construct border outposts along the 700km border with India to stop smuggling and ensure overall security.

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will provide a budget of US $13.75 million to implement a project to establish the

Ten workers of Green Life Clothing Ltd, a garment factory at Zamgora in Ashulia, outside the capital, were injured as police baton-charged

Chinese Defence Attaché' in Bangladesh Senior Colonel Zhang Wei yesterday said Bangladesh-China defence relationship has reached

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the deputy commissioners (DCs) to be innovative and prompt with development policies and programmes.

Two more laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of liquid cocaine in one of the 107 barrels seized at the Chittagong port recently with one opining retesting contents of another barrel suspecting it too is the contraband drug.

The owners of ship-breaking businesses would face a minimum of Tk 10 lakh and a maximum of Tk 30 lakh in fine or the maximum one

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed today for passing an order on the petition filed by Zafrullah Chowdhury, a freedom fighter and founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, against a tribunal verdict that fined him for contempt.

President Abdul Hamid has urged the investors of Spain to avail favorable investment atmosphere and invest in Bangladesh, said a press

A three-day annual conference of the deputy commissioners begins tomorrow in Dhaka where the field level officers and government policymakers will set out priorities for their work for the next one year.

Barisal City Corporation yesterday announced a budget of Tk 423.22 crore for fiscal 2015-16.

The parliamentary caucus on indigenous affairs plans to place a bill which proposes creating a national commission to ensure rights of indigenous people in the upcoming session of the parliament.

Environmentalists yesterday protested India's fresh move to implement the controversial river linking project that will connect 30 major