British Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne is expected to arrive in Bangladesh for a three-day official visit

Bodies of the five armed criminals, killed during Saturday's gunfight between an unknown gang and army at Baradam of Rangamati's Baghaichhari upazila, were handed over to their families yesterday, police said.

The administration of Rajshahi College has allegedly violated the education ministry's order for enrolling class XI students to the 50 newly introduced seats under the English version category.

Teachers from all 37 public universities in the country abstained from work for three hours yesterday protesting the proposed eighth national payscale and demanding a separate one for them.

Despite paying fees to private hajj agencies, around 15,000 Bangladeshis will not be able to perform hajj this year, as the quota of

The cases filed each month in Chittagong district overwhelmingly outnumber the ones adjudicated during the period. As the cases pile

Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay (1898-1971) was one of the great modern Bengali novelists. His works depicts his

The Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in Munshiganj suffered heavy traffic congestion yesterday due to absence of four ferries and rush of the

Bus operations from Chittagong to Cox's Bazar and Bandarban was suspended for five hours yesterday as the city's transport workers

A weeklong training on journalism was inaugurated at , Institute of Journalism and Communication (IJC) in the capital yesterday.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc yesterday said several thousand Rohingyas holding Bangladeshi

One of the three of a family who were burnt when a fire broke out in an apartment on Central Road in the capital on Saturday, died at

The Supreme Court yesterday observed that a person could move a petition before this court challenging an International Crimes Tribunal verdict convicting him or her of contempt of court.

Scuffles broke out at the capital's Shahbagh yesterday after police stopped protesters heading towards the Prime Minister's Office to stage

Around 10 hours into its enforcement, transport workers yesterday afternoon withdrew their indefinite strike from Dhaka-Sylhet highway

Concerned Citizen's Group, a platform of distinguished personalities, yesterday recommended formation a “constitution reform commission” to bring necessary changes to the charter for an effective democratic system.

Hundreds of medical students demonstrated in Rajshahi city yesterday demanding restoration of “carry on” system which allowed them to

Teachers of educational institutes of Rajshahi and guardians of students have called a strike at all the institutions today demanding removal of the chairman of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi.

The separate land commission demanded for the plain land indigenous people of the country should have the power to take legal action rather than just make recommendations to the government, speakers said at a national seminar yesterday.

Chittagong City Transport Owners' Federation and Workers' Union yesterday announced a dawn-to-dusk mass transport strike for Thursday to press home their 10-point demand, including an end to "harassment" of drivers by police.