Workers of three garment factories block a road at Kamalapur in Dhaka and vandalise at least three buses while protesting the death of their colleague in a road accident.

While a physician holding a small syringe looms over a sick child, a thin shabby man injects the former with a large dose of money.

Deep-seated anxiety exists in Bangladesh over the continuation of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances while there are immense problems centring protection and promotion of civic and political rights, said NHRC Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday.

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) will start a drive to pull down illegal hoardings in Sylhet city on Sunday night.

Customs intelligence officials recover a huge amount of gold from inside a flight from Kuala Lumpur at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

About 130 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) would be added to the national grid as three new gas wells were

At least six people were injured in an explosion next to the 18th century Kantaji Mandir of Dinajpur early yesterday when spectators

Born on June 14, 1947, Selina Hossain is one of the most prolific authors in Bangla literature. She has penned numerous short stories, novels, essays and books for children.

Traffic congestion on Narayanganj city thoroughfares has taken a serious turn nowadays, causing immense sufferings to commuters on a

The aggrieved families of 19 people, who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers about two years ago and never returned, have demanded that the government take necessary steps to bring them back.

The right forearm of a cable TV operator was chopped off allegedly by his business rivals in Rangpur city on

Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council will hold a grand rally today in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan.

Police yesterday pressed charges against 17 people in a case for shooting a pregnant woman, wounding her unborn child in the womb, and killing a man in Magura during a Jubo League factional clash in July.

Around 293 dealers in Chittagong yesterday stopped supplying fertiliser to retailers demanding exemption from the

India is expected to begin supplying an additional 100MW of electricity to Bangladesh on December 16, also Victory

Police yesterday arrested a private university student, Jayedur Rahman of Gopalganj, on the Dhaka University campus

Leaders and activists of Electronic Media Marketing Association (EMMA) form a human chain protesting broadcast of local advertisements in foreign television channels.

Despite much debate and strong protests from different rights and civil society organisations, the ambiguity about the legal minimum marriageable age for females continues to prevail.

Owners of readymade garment factories have not yet fully realised the economic benefits of investing in health needs of their female workers, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.Owners of readymade garment factories have not yet fully realised the economic benefits of investing in health needs of their female workers, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.

Western Marine Shipyard initiated a construction of two cargo vessels for Indian conglomerate, Jindal Group, through a keel-laying ceremony at the shipyard in Patiya upazila of Chittagong yesterday.