The High Court yesterday ordered the government to submit a report to it by May 27 on the steps taken to ensure Bangla language in

Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, sitting judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed the chairman of

The High Court orders the government to submit a report by May 27 on the steps taken to ensure the use of Bangla language in advertisements of media and on vehicles’ registration plates, signboards and billboards.

The United Nations has called for a probe into the allegations of irregularities in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls by the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina terms the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections victory of democracy.

Casting her vote in the city corporation election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Awami League will accept the election result whatever it is.

Apparently to restrict the media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered its officials at the ministry, missions (except honorary consulates)

Amid frequent tremors in the last couple of days, the government yesterday issued a 12-point guideline to protect people's lives and

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to open the Saidpur airport in the northern district of

Human and social rights activists in the capital are raising their voice protesting the bar imposed by the Jhimai tea estate authorities two weeks ago on the Khasi community in Moulvibazar's Kulaura upazila from using a government road through the tea garden.

A day after the same call from urban planners and architects, civil society organisation SHUJAN yesterday proposed introduction of

Lawmakers and anti-tobacco activists yesterday laid emphasis on strong enforcement of the new rules which impose greater

The government has decided to appoint M Allama Siddiki, currently serving as director general (administration) at the foreign ministry, as the new Bangladesh ambassador to Turkey.

Two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) clashed on Jessore Government City College campus over capture of the lone dormitory of the college yesterday.

Though it can not be used under the present legal framework and reality, metropolitan government is the only way to rid Dhaka city of its problems and a prompt decision must be taken, environmentalists, urban planners and architects told a views-exchange meeting yesterday.

Though it can not be used under the present legal framework and reality, metropolitan government is the only way to rid Dhaka city of its problems and a prompt decision must be taken, environmentalists, urban planners and architects told a views-exchange meeting yesterday.

Construction of the 23km Gazipur-airport stretch of the rapid bus service popularly known as BRT will be completed by end of 2018, said the project's director at a discussion in the capital yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to set up a police outpost at Gazipur's Banogram to ensure security of the Hindu community whose houses and temple were damaged on Sunday night.

Foreign diplomats based in Dhaka have expressed concern over political violence during the current campaigning for city corporation polls and feared that it may create a situation of conflict and instability again, as in the past three months.

The High Court yesterday summoned the industries secretary to appear before it on May 19 for not relocating tannery industries from the capital's Hazaribagh by February 28, 2010 in line with its directive on June 23, 2009.