The country's judicial system is bound to collapse due to an inadequate number of judges, a parliamentary body observed yesterday.

Several student and rights organisations yesterday demanded that the government create a separate land commission for plain land

After the controversial import of "sub-standard" wheat from Brazil, the food ministry has run into trouble from importing a batch of

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman has demanded trial of the policemen who were closed or suspended over the killing of Rajon.

It's a murder most horrid. His only "fault" was that he left his old garage job and joined elsewhere. And for this, he died a cruel death allegedly at the hands of his former employer.

Kuril flyover is built to reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka city but within about two years, this 3.1 kilometer structure has been severely damaged. Besides, the roads in the capital city have been in a deteriorating state, with numerous potholes, open manholes, and damaged sidewalks.

People continued to suffer for the third consecutive day yesterday as auto-rickshaw workers and owners demonstrated against the government ban on three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles on highways.

In the rainy season, life of thousands of people comes to a near standstill due to waterlogging in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra dam area.

A 20-year-old man who was arrested in Chittagong city's Amin Colony field on Sunday night says police deliberately shot him in the calf muscle from a close range just hours later while law enforcers claim the pellets were shot by his cohorts during an exchange of gunfire with police.

A state-owned filling station in the capital's Poribagh was shut down for several hours yesterday after consumers laid siege to it alleging that the petrol pumps had been tampered with and were providing less than what the consumers were paying for.

Several hundred people locked the divisional headquarters of Water Development Board (WDB) in Rajshahi city yesterday demanding that the authorities concerned ensure protection of the district from bank erosion of Padma.

Transport workers' blockade on the first Buriganga Bridge protesting a steep rise in toll rates and demanding an immediate revision of the new charges continued for the third consecutive day yesterday.

The government ban on three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles on highways effective from yesterday brought enormous sufferings on people as transport owners and drivers put barricades at different points protesting the ban. Parts of Dhaka-Chittagong, Dhaka-Khulna, Dhaka-Sylhet, Dhaka-Barisal, Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways were blocked by agitated transport workers, causing tailbacks on both sides of the roads.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday asked the promoted doctors to remain prepared to work at district-level.

Workers of Chandpur Tea Garden in Habiganj yesterday threatened that they would rather die than give up their ancestral land chosen

“If you are brave, then take away the land-grabbers' land. Only then we will accept that this is a brave state.”

Every day long queues are seen in front of the seven toilets for 6,000 female students at Dhaka University's Arts Building, revealing an appalling condition of its sanitation facilities.

Traffic gridlock on airport road in Uttara area became acute due to heavy rain and pressure of the Dhaka-bound vehicles from different adjoining districts.

After two consecutive dry monsoons, the country this year experiences 25 percent more rainfall than usual, hampering daily life and

For the low-lying parts of Chittagong waterlogging is a serious problem especially during the monsoon, but in the city's Agrabad CDA