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

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.

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.

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.

The government's political will and coordination among the ministries are key to implementing national policies and plans to protect The government's political will and coordination among the ministries are the keys for implementing national policies and plans to

Bangladeshi lawmaker Habibe Millat has been elected a member of the advisory committee for HIV/AIDS and Maternal, New Born and Child

Bangladesh has been ranked the third most peaceful country in South Asia, faring better than India and Pakistan in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2015.

Fitra has been fixed at minimum Tk 60 per head this year.

The cabinet yesterday approved proposals for amending the mobile courts law in a bid to empower the executive magistrates to punish

Independent lawmaker Salim tells parliament that issue of siphoning off money should be resolved “for the sake of the country's economy.”

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday emphasised strengthening the rule of law in cyberspace and sought international cooperation against

The authority of Bangladesh Railway (BR) operated a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train on a test basis on Chittagong-Najirhat