Frontier guards have been put on high alert on the Myanmar border as 727 migrants, found adrift on a Malaysia-bound fishing boat six days ago, disembarked at bordering Maungdaw on Tuesday night.

Garo Student Union (Gasu) yesterday hanged rapists in effigies during a rally on Dhaka University campus, demanding death penalty for

The price of essentials such as rice, pulse and soybean oil will remain stable during Ramadan, said Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday.

At least one third of the total solid waste of Chittagong city remains outside the waste collection system of the city corporation and thereby falls into the Karnaphuli river

7-storey steel-framed building of Dignity Textiles Mills Ltd at Sreepur upazila in Gazipur totally collapsed yesterday due to the devastating fire that was brought under control after 19 hours.

Scuffles broke out in the capital's Shahbagh yesterday noon after police stopped a procession aiming to reach the prime minister's office

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for holding the senate meeting of Chittagong University to form a panel to elect its vice-chancellor.

A group of university teachers yesterday protested, what they said, government plans to allow foreign companies more scope to explore and drill out onshore gas.

Myanmar's navy briefly detained and turned back journalists on Sunday near a migrant boat being held off the country's southern

Traffic on Panthapath’s southern lane resumes cleared off for danger four days after it was sealed following the collapse of National Bank’s under-construction site.

Union parishads are not holding meetings with participation of women and underprivileged people for ensuring accountability, although

After a six-year uptrend, the SSC results this year show a significant drop in pass rates and the number of GPA-5 achievers, which is largely blamed on political unrest and students' not performing as expected in mathematics.

Unlike the other boards, the success rate of madrasa and technical education boards in this year's SSC and its equivalent examinations is higher than that of the previous year.

Several rights and socio-political organisations at a rally yesterday protested repeated incidents of sexual assault on females,

South Asian countries should undertake comprehensive initiatives to combat militancy and terrorism in the region, said Sammilita

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Myanmar's navy found 727 people crammed on a fishing boat in its waters, the Ministry of Information said in a Facebook post Friday, adding the would-be "Bengali" migrants had been towed to an island.

After crippling traffic jams on workdays, the weekend was supposed to bring Dhaka city commuters some respite. But yesterday did not, especially for those travelling to Shahbagh's Shishu Park, Ramna Park, and adjacent areas through Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue.

At least 130 Indian pond turtles were seized by Dhaka Customs House at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.