Neither the state nor administration, political parties and civil society stand for protecting the rights of minorities, the Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad says.

Former state minister and Awami League lawmaker Dr Capt (retd) Mujibur Rahman Fakir of Mymensingh constituency-3 has passed away at the age of 68.

Unemployed nurses today steps back from their protests after assurance from the health minister that their demands will be placed at the table of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Because of what they say inability to pay according to the "illogical wage hike," lighterage vessel owners at Chittagong port declares they will continue their strike.

A much needed rain accompanied by heavy thunderstorm swept most parts of the country, including capital Dhaka, after weeks of sweltering heat. The good news is, more rain is yet to come.

Unlike the United Kingdom, the US and Australia, where laws regarding rape have evolved to a state that the “character, morality and

Today, May 1, marks the day in 1886 when over 200,000 workers all over the US organised a nationwide strike for an eight hour work

Reiterating that there is no presence of Islamic State in the country, Bangladesh home minister terms IS claim of today’s murder of a Hindu tailor in Tangail as baseless.

The news of marriage of an underage girl after coercion and torture, allegedly by a policeman, is deplorable.

It was after six days of enormous suffering that we were relived to hear the news of inland water transport workers calling off their strike.

Two people were killed and at least three others injured when a streak of lightning struck their small boat in the middle of the Jamuna

Due to lack of maintenance, Kheyaghat Bridge on the Ichhamati River in Pabna municipality area of the district is in a miserable state.

Given the recent spike in extremist attacks on both the religious minorities and various Muslim sects, the government has decided to

The levers of about two hundred insecticide sprayers to destroy sand flies that cause kala-azar have gone missing from the Bhaluka

As the sweltering heat makes life intolerable for Dhaka dwellers, a severe water crisis has made things go from bad to worse for residents of Dhanmondi...

It is with dismay we witness that the families of the seven-murder victims in Narayanganj still live in fear of their lives.

We are left speechless with horror at the coldblooded killing of Xulhaz Mannan, an official of USAID and rights activist and his friend Mahbub Tonoy...

According to central bank data, foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 31 percent over the last one year to US$2.7 billion.

The globally publicized US$81-million money-laundering scandal is enough international embarrassment for the Philippines. The least the Philippine Government can do now is to return the money as fast as the legal process will allow.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is heavily subsidised as it is, and to make it even worse for its wobbling revenue generation process...