The most striking example of how poorly the zoo is now being managed is seeing a sheep giving company to a lonely rhino. You can also see a deer as a companion to a lonely Bhutanese cow. In short the zoo looks like a place where all animals are kept to die quickly.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid inaugurates textbooks distribution programme among students

Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi says so-called Islamic State (IS) will be ousted from the country, after government forces recaptured Ramadi.

BNP alleges that it could not telecast an advertisement as part of its electoral campaign due to government intervention.

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee urges the government to enact law to try people who challenge the historical facts of the 1971 Liberation War.

BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed terms ruling Awami League leader Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif’s statement on Election Commission’s treatment of BNP as the “joke of the year’.

Telecom regulator registers 5.14 crore active mobile internet connections last month – what was 5.23 crore in October-end. The move comes after weeks of ban on Facebook that started last month and continued till December. BTRC, however, did not explain the reason of the fall.

BNP alleges that the government and the Election Commission are jointly conspiring to influence December 30 municipal election results in favour of the ruling party.

Bangladeshi expatriates and several environmental groups in England have demonstrated in London protesting the open-pit coal mine project in Phulbari of Dinajpur district.

The government decides to allow a person to register maximum 20 cellular phone SIM cards against his/her national identity card, says State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reasserts that the trial of war criminals will go on and there is no force in this world that can stop it.

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says they received money from Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd to organise the 2011 Cricket World Cup since no other bank showed interest to sponsor the event.

In a latest reshuffle in the civil administration, the government has transferred six secretary-level public servants to new offices.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government has resorted to repressive acts to thwart its “possible debacle” in the municipal polls scheduled for December 30.

BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed alleges that the government is creating panic in the country by arresting BNP men ahead of the maiden partisan municipality polls scheduled for December 30.

The government suspends Dhamrai upazila parishad Chairman Md Tamij Uddin, also president of the upazila unit BNP, as a Dhaka court has accepted a sabotage case against him.

BNP alleges that the objectives and spirit of the 1971 Liberation War, including people’s democratic rights, rights of expression and economic freedom are now at stake due to the government’s repressive acts.

The government today appointed five acting secretaries to different ministries and divisions to fill the vacant positions.

It’s been a week since the government has blocked public access to several social media and Internet applications...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accuses the government of creating “democratic vacuum” in the country and said the opposition is being deprived of all constitutional and political rights.