Women's participation in the labour force can be increased if men realise the importance of household work and equally share the burden, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

Three Malaysian Airlines staff are arrested by law enforcers for their involvement in smuggling 30 tortoises which were seized at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has a plan to reintroduce Biman's flight operation on New Delhi and Hong Kong routes and open new routes this year.

Detectives arrested a technician of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the capital's Uttara on Tuesday night for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of 14.5kg of gold bars, which were seized at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on December 23.

A woman and a schoolboy were found dead in Mymensingh and Narayanganj districts yesterday and the day before.

Read to find the latest updates on the execution process of condemned war criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury.

A man reportedly died of a heart attack and four others received bullet wounds during a gunfight between two rival groups over taking control of a shrimp enclosure in Bahaltali area in Khutakhali union under Chakaria upazila of the district early yesterday.

Nine students of Tetnapara Brac School in Tanore upazila fell sick after taking government supplied de-worming tablet on Sunday.

Hundreds of villagers brought out a procession at Konapara in Sadar upazila yesterday, protesting the killing of college student Ali Hossain and demanding immediate arrest and punishment of the prime accused.

A Sylhet court places two people on a seven-day remand in connection with the killing of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seizes around 270kg of sulphur and detained a man in this connection in Patia upazila of Chittagong.

Fancy furniture made from areca nut trees has drawn attention of locals as well as tourists from home and abroad, thanks to the innovative pursuit of Abdus Sattar Fakir.

The expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry says that Malaysia announced to recruit 500,000 workers from Bangladesh in the next six months of 2015.

At least 15 villages in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district got flooded as an embankment of the Juri River collapsed at Boroitoli point on

Bangladesh expresses concern over US trade bill on Trans Pacific Partnership, apprehending that it would lose its competitive edge in American market.

A mobile court on Sunday sentenced a youth to two years' imprisonment for stalking a schoolgirl at Noskari village in Gabtoli upazila. The

The cabinet approves the draft of motor vehicle agreement among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.