The US embassy in Dhaka will organise a "Student Visa Day" on June 25 and July 9, where over 700 Bangladeshi students aspiring to pursue higher studies in America will apply for student visas.

Speakers at a recently organised seminar were informed by minister for roads and communications Obaidul Qader that the principal hindrance to freeing up roads and pavements from illegal squatters is political pressure.

Detectives on Monday night arrested three persons in the capital's Mirpur for illegally trading TCB supplied foodstuff, meant for poor people, instead of selling those in open market sale (OMS) trucks.

Baily Road in the capital has become one of the most popular spots to buy iftar items from due to the variety of food items it offers.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested four human traffickers and seized a huge amount of fake passports from their travel agency, housed in Shapla Building in the capital's Motijheel, early Monday.

The government does not want persons under the age of 18 to get married, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki yesterday.

A Sylhet court yesterday again denied bail to photojournalist Idris Ali in a case filed over the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.

Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday demanded that the government remove the railways minister and some officials of the ministry for their "indifference that caused a train derailment in Boalkhali which spilled oil into a canal."

In an attempted murder case filed against the then Bangladesh Chhatra League leader AJM Nasir Uddin, now Chittagong City Corporation mayor, and Awami League lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari, three former BCL men yesterday told a court that no attack or clash took place during the rally held at Laldighi Maidan in the city on January 24, 1993.

BNP yesterday urged the government not to block the release of party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from prison.

Sayera Khatoon Rahman, former professor of home economics at Eden Girls College, died at her residence (Chadini-2 in Banani) on Saturday. She was 79.

Like previous years, the government and transport operators came up with similar decisions yesterday to ensure safe and hassle-free journey of people ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Police detained three people after recovering 120 gold bars, weighing 12kg, worth around Tk 6 crore, from the fuel tank of their car in

Bangladesh may reach about five to six goals out of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the end of 2015, the deadline for achieving the targets, said Muhammad Musa, newly appointed executive director of Brac, yesterday.

The defence and state counsels yesterday read out before the Supreme Court prosecution witnesses’ statements on the charge against

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) denied the project director of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover access to his office for the third consecutive day yesterday, although the High Court stayed his transfer and release orders issued early this month.

UNESCO has appreciated Bangladesh’s progress in achieving gender parity in education and also commended the political will and

Muggers looted Tk 3 lakh from a bKash agent after shooting him in Tejgaon Industrial area of Dhaka in the wee hours today.

Criminal Investigation Department claims to have detained four human traffickers from a travel agency office in Motijheel area of Dhaka. Around 1,000 passports seized from them.

A student of Government BM College, Barisal was suspended for three months on Sunday over allegations of assaulting two female