Poriborton Chai, an NGO, announced that its volunteers will clean up different parts of the country simultaneously on February 6 next year to promote environmental awareness with dissemination of its core message, "Let's clean up the country."

Iftikhar Ahmed, a former ILO official, has become the first ever Bangladeshi to become a Swiss lawmaker as he took oath of office in the Parliament (Conseil Communale) of the prosperous, picturesque French-speaking Commune of Founex (Canton of Vaud) on the outskirts of Geneva on Tuesday.

Tripura yesterday celebrated Bangladesh's Victory Day commemorating the heroic Indian Army soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1971 Liberation War.

The entire nation celebrated the country's Victory Day yesterday.

A hundred voices tuned in to sing Amar Sonar Bangla to mark the first ever Victory Day in the recently dissolved enclaves in the northern district of Lalmonirhat.

Speakers stressed the need for formulation of a code of conduct for television advertisements to maintain quality of

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the government's action to collect advance income tax (AIT) from

A woman was killed allegedly by her brother-in-law over land dispute at Notun Bagbari village in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj district on

The government cannot win the war against drugs unless the people become aware of its grave consequences, said

The ruling Awami League has asked party leaders to stop using their own portraits alongside those of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

The High Court yesterday upheld a lower court verdict that jailed former chief conservator of forest Osman Gani for

Imbued with the spirit of independence, different government, political, social and cultural organisations will celebrate the country's 44th Victory Day today.

Over 15 thousand people of Kuakata municipality in Kalapara upazila under the district are deprived of basic civic amenities as the

The High Court directs Rajuk chairman to submit before it in two months a list of unauthorised structures built at car parking areas beside roads in Dhaka.

The High Court upholds a lower court verdict that jailed former chief conservator of forest (CCF) Osman Gani for 12 years for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.

Several hundred people, including 17 landless families, formed a human chain at Thakurgaon intersection in the town yesterday,

The US Embassy, Dhaka will remain closed tomorrow on the occasion of Bangladesh's Victory Day, said a press release.

Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) during a three-week taskforce drive until yesterday fined 10 businesses and individuals Tk 14 crore in penalty and dues for pilferage of electricity, said an official handout.

Dissent is never stifled in a democratic nation, said human rights activist Sultana Kamal yesterday at a two-day long dialogue with journalists and human rights defenders.

A Chittagong court yesterday granted bail to two lawyers, who were arrested over funding a Chittagong-based militant outfit, Shaheed Hamza Brigade, in a case filed under anti-terrorism act with Hathazari Police Station.