The Dhaka north mayor at a public rally yesterday formally declared the Tejgaon road connecting Satrasta and

Illegal capital flight from Bangladesh surged 33.78 percent year-on-year to $9.66 billion in 2013 through trade misinvoicing and other channels, according to a report of Global Financial Integrity. The highest in a decade, the amount was more than six percent of the country's GDP and one-third of the export receipts in 2013. It is three times the size of average foreign direct investment Bangladesh received in recent times.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to cricketer Shahadat Hossain in connection with a case filed for torturing his 11-year-old

Bangladesh yesterday stressed on efficiently recasting the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's (Saarc) role in context to

A concerned citizen can learn from history and play an effective role in building an independent and sovereign country, said Executive

Several thousand garment workers resorted to vandalism and blocked roads around the capital's Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday

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.

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

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.

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