Indiscriminate hill-cutting, unplanned house construction and administration negligence have contributed to make travelling along the Tanguar Haor road in Barektila of Taherpur upazila in Sunamganj a risky proposition. Tourists and locals alike are fearful.

Two customs officials of Hili land port in Hakimpur upazila under the district were closed yesterday after Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 151 tonnes of rice that was imported from India without paying the stipulated revenue on Tuesday.

Early marriage, child labour and other practices undermining girls’ health and rights threaten the world’s ambitious development agenda, according to a report of United Nations Population Fund.

Internet services in the country may be disrupted temporarily for next 7 days due to the maintenance work of the submarine cable.

Bangladesh urges the Security Council of the United Nations to consider working on a resolution against illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Noting that there is enough freedom of press and expression, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the journalist community to sincerely discharge their responsibilities and duties towards the country and society.

A Saudi Arabia expatriate was seriously injured in a crude bomb blast at Laskarpur village in Chowgachha upazila of Jessore yesterday.

In the northeast, the forests of Srimangal and Kamalganj in Moulvibazar are among the last vestiges of wild country. For many species of plants and animals the forests are a refuge; forest ecosystems are rich. But increasingly, the spotted deer which shelter in the forest face a daunting threat: poachers.

About 6,000 yews popularly known as jhau trees at Boyar Char in the district have been destroyed while 22,000 more are in danger due to continuous erosion by the river Meghna during the last several years.

The authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) decides to reduce the fees of admission test for 2016-17 academic session amid protest.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on board all flights due to the passengers’ safety after numerous international reports of the devices catching fire.

Traffic movement to and from Gaibandha has been halted since yesterday following disagreement between Gaibandha

A brick field is being set up on farmland in Mojumdar Bazar area of Krishna Nagar union under Sadarpur upazila of

At least 79,853 hilsa fishermen in coastal districts Patuakhali and Barguna, who become jobless during a 22-day ban starting from

A Class VI girl was saved from marriage at Baragaon Modhyapara village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Sunday, thanks to the prompt

A road in Phulbari upazila of the district is on the brink of collapse as an influential man has been lifting sand illegally from an open

Forest officials recover the body of a female elephant from Jhinaigati upazila of Sherpur which died of injuries in its trunk.

A kitchen market is being set up illegally in Kuakata Municipality area occupying a canal and khas land.

Hazaribagh tanners must relocate to Savar by December 30 otherwise all sorts of utility services including gas and electricity supplies will be cut off from their establishments.

Traditional Mahaa Wagyawai Powe festival, the second largest festival of Marma community in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, will begin in