Boro is the single largest crop in the country, contributing to 55 percent of nearly 35 million tonnes of the annual crop.

A Natore court places a man on a fresh three-day remand in connection with the killing of a Christian grocer in Baraigram upazila.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has carried out a survey of 1,500 households in Dhaka city, 17 municipalities and 33 village covering 45 districts and its findings shared recently.

While we appreciate the directive of the High Court to stop production of twenty drug companies we are dismayed at the role of the drug administration which failed to take immediate action against the companies at fault.

Kulaura has been declared as the first upazila in Moulvibazar district to be free from child marriage.

We are outraged by the government notice that demands the Khasis of Nahar Punjee in Moulvibazar to vacate the hillocks in which they ...

Regular as clockwork, prices of essentials started to rise well before the month of holy Ramadan.

Describing the killing of the wife of a police officer in Chittagong as a cowardly act, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to bring the perpetrators of such a secret killing to justice.

A court in Natore placed a man on a two-day remand this morning in a case filed in connection with the killing of a Christian grocer in Baraigram upazila of the district.

The murder of a police officer's wife in Chittagong has added a new dimension to the ongoing terrorist attacks in the country. Targeting a

It is incomprehensible that in this day and age we are forced to confront a situation whereby a rape victim is further victimised because of

Two housewives were killed by lightning in Ghior upazila of the district yesterday. The victims are Bilkis Begum Swapna, 35, wife of

The death warrant for war criminal Mir Quasem Ali reaches Dhaka Central Jail around half an hour after the international crimes tribunal issued the warrant.

We observed yet another World Environment Day, and perhaps it is time to seriously evaluate if our actions on the ground match our grand pledges, in summits and seminars, to protect the country from the threat of climate change and further environmental degradation.

We wonder whether the Chief Election Commissioner was talking about the recently concluded six-phase elections in Bangladesh or some other election in some other country when...

The price of green chilli doubled in local markets in the district yesterday, two days ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. One kg of

The reason behind the head-on collision between a bus and a stone-laden truck on the Dhaka-Bogra highway on Friday is

The man who “floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee” is no more. Muhammad Ali achieved what no other boxer had ever

An official of Noakhali Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) died of heatstroke at Mymensingh PBS-1 office in Muktagachha upazila yesterday.

India launches ‘Eid Visa Camp’, the first of its kind, to ease Bangladeshi national’s travel to the country during the Eid holidays.