Parents, teachers and social leaders should carefully listen to adolescents and handle them with patience to ensure their reproductive

It is not unusual for governments to adjust the prices of goods and services, but when such regulatory arrangements disregard the normal market forces it becomes an aberration.

At least eight Bangladeshis, including two minor children, died after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants sank off the coast of Libya,

A mobile court backed by Rapid Action Battalion seized 1,012 cellphones, which had no procurement documents, from 10 shops at

Anyone who has ever taken a long walk through the streets of Dhaka can vouch that it is unfriendly to pedestrians.

We are informed by the Directorate General of Drug Administration that some 153 sub-standard drugs have been detected, of which, 43 had already been marketed and awaiting registration.

Despite the Finance Minister's verbal indication that oil prices will be lowered in a matter of weeks, we see an apparently negative approach taken by high officials of the government who are opposing the idea of reducing fuel prices, arguing that the BPC still has a huge debt and other liabilities.

Today is the 9th death anniversary of journalist and freedom fighter Sunil Banerjee.

Today is the 3rd death anniversary of Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, a Liberation War organiser and a member of Bangladesh Constituent

Today is the 50th death anniversary of Kazi Abu Nasar.

Today is the 24th death anniversary of Karim Uddin Ahmed, a former MP and father of State Minister for Food Nuruzzaman Ahmed.

United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt will arrive in Bangladesh on August 31 on a nine-day visit to assess the state of

The ninth death anniversary of Kazi Jahan Ara Begum, mother of Communist Party of Bangladesh presidium member Kazi Sazzad Zahir, will

By what has been expressed by the visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng, we are given to understand that China has offered to invest US$350 million in various sectors of the economy.

The country will face a cattle shortage of up to 30 percent during Eid-ul-Azha this year due to India's ongoing curb on cattle supply. Taking advantage of the shortage, a group of unscrupulous traders may charge exorbitant prices for sacrificial animals during the festival, if immediate measures to import cattle are not taken by the government amid the Indian restriction.

Veteran freedom fighter Barendra Kumar Tripura died of old-age complications at his Khagrachhari residence yesterday morning. He was

Today is the 14th death anniversary of Dr Nirafat Anam, a pioneer of education movement for the hearing-impaired and disabled people

Mukhtada Yarooq, also known as Laken, died of a cardiac arrest at United Hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 55.

Head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Alfonso E Lenhardt, will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on a four-day

Interpersonal contact between healthcare workers and mothers have produced a large scale improvement in infant and young child