To protect environmental pollution and encroachment of water bodies in Dhaka district, a taskforce will be formed within this month,

Bangladesh secured 99th position among 124 countries in the Human Capital Report 2015 of World Economic Forum (WEF), landing one

Bangladesh and India are keen to introduce another cross-border bus service, on the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala route, for improving road

Bangladesh will import high quality potash fertiliser worth US$44 million from Canada.

A reporter of The Daily Star was denied entry to a programme organised yesterday to felicitate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for finalising the Land Boundary Agreement with India.

The details of the programmes and venues are being finalised for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Bangladesh in

Dhaka and Beijing are expected to sign half a dozen deals during Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong's three-day visit to Bangladesh from Sunday.

The High Court places a three-month stay on the election of Bangladesh Bar Council, the ace body for lawyer regulation in the country.

Japan will provide 150 garbage trucks to improve waste management in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) is set to lose a $25 million Japanese soft loan for a countrywide telecom backbone as it repeatedly failed to adhere to the donor's guidelines in awarding the project to the lowest bidder.

The government took up a Tk 468 crore project to strengthen Bangladesh Coast Guard to increase security in the coastal areas of the country and combat human trafficking.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning the legality of the government's inaction to stop smuggling of drugs and production of counterfeit medicines.

Democracy in Bangladesh now stands on a solid foundation, having been practiced for the last two decades, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

Canadian envoy in Bangladesh lauded the government for holding recent city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong observing that the elections brought back normalcy in public life, which was jeopardised by political violence.

A youth was killed and another injured in a crude bomb blast in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur.

A Mymensingh court yesterday sentenced a man to death and his brother to life imprisonment for killing a farmer in Phulbaria upazila of the district in 2005.

A non-government organisation in need of legal assistance in any area of its functions or for itself may seek it free from iProbono, a

The Supreme Court yesterday summoned the law secretary before it and expressed dissatisfaction with his ministry for not complying with an order of the court to take

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for enhancing the budgetary allocation for people with disabilities to ensure their normal living.

The Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday protested the chief justice's remarks on lawyers.