Indian High Commissioner-designate Harsh Vardhan Shringla is to arrive in Dhaka on January 14, 2016, to take up his diplomatic assignment in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Bank governor in a letter called upon the police chief to ensure justice for alleged police torture of an official of the central bank.

Public university teachers who are agitating against “pay disparity” say they want to talk with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to press home their demand.

A parliamentary body endorses a proposal to increase train fare aiming at improving the service quality and minimising losses in the sector.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an address to the nation marking two years of Awami League government, seeks all-out cooperation of the countrymen to turn Bangladesh into a prosperous and developed country by 2041.

The government set 50km per hour as the maximum driving speed during fog in view of the recent road crashes all over the country.

In a latest reshuffle in the civil administration, the government transfers seven secretaries to new ministries and divisions.

Hajj pilgrims will have to pay Tk 360,000 each for performing holy Hajj under the government management this year while the amount is around Tk 305,000 for performing hajj without any sacrificial animal.

Over 1000 blankets have been distributed among ultra poor people at remote villages in the district. Superintendent of Police TM

Dhaka South City Corporation evicts hundreds of illegal makeshift shops in Gulistan area of Dhaka.

The first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, begins on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur.

Bangladeshi diplomat Maushumi Rahman is now on her way to Lisbon from Pakistan to take up her new assignment in the country's Portugal mission.

Stressing the importance of diversifying the country’s export basket with various agro-products, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh could exploit the opportunity of exporting organic foods as those have huge demand in the global market.

The 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination will be held tomorrow. Aspirants have been asked not to carry watches, along with any other electronic devices, in the test venues set up through Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might be visiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia soon – sometime between March and May.

The information ministry urges the state-run media outlets to highlight Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "eight innovative initiatives" mainly aimed to fight poverty and ensure a better life for under privileged people.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says Pakistan has failed to give any reasons for asking Bangladesh to withdraw its diplomat from Islamabad.

The cabinet yesterday gave its final approval to the draft of “The Jute Law, 2015” modifying the existing “Jute Ordinance” of 1962 and including a maximum three-year imprisonment or one lakh taka fine or both for violators.

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the ninth session on January 20.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 29 Bangladeshi nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through Benapole border on