Amidst a boycott by the organisation’s general secretary, the national council of Bangladesh Shanti Parishad was held yesterday.

The wholesale onion markets in the capital see the low turnout of buyers as the price of the daily essential has gone beyond the purchasing capacity despite the government’s mechanisms to cool down the overheated market.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaches Dubia on a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend Dubai Air Show-2019 and other programmes.

Primary Education Completion Examination and its equivalent Ebtedayee Education Completion Examination will begin across the country tomorrow.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) have arrested the helper of the bus responsible for the incident in which a female government official lost her left leg in Dhaka’s Banglamotor area in August.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged activists of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam from Shibrampur Bus Stand area in Faridpur Sadar upazila around noon yesterday.

A seven-year-old madrasa student was killed and her sister injured after a battery-run auto-rickshaw hit them in Ramnagar area of Fatullah upazila in Narayanganj yesterday.

Two young Bangladeshi mountaineers have set a mission to conquer Yala Peak, a 5,732 metre summit of the Himalayas, in Nepal.

BNP’s “habit of saying no” to everything the government does is one of the main impediments to development, Minister for Information Hasan Mahmud yesterday said at a seminar in Chattogram.

Mymensingh District Administration has withdrawn the head clerk of Phulpur upazila land office on Thursday night after a video of him taking drugs at office went viral on social media.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for Dubai today on a four-day official visit to attend Dubai Air Show 2019 and other programmes.

Four days have passed since the gruesome accident on early Tuesday in Brahmanbaria; brothers -- Nurul Islam and Badal Mia -- still remain missing.

Engaging Youth in Ending Gender Based Violence

BNP yesterday asked the home minister why the government is not conducting drives against onion syndicates despite the essential’s soaring price.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that Dhaka remains supportive of the international mechanisms currently in the process towards ensuring justice for the Rohingyas.

Rights body Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday alleged that Rajuk’s mobile court, which fined and ordered the organisation to vacate its Lalmatia office in two months, forced them to sign a statement saying they have committed an offence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy is not interested yet in taking any position in Awami League’s central committee, party general secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

North South University (NSU) in collaboration with Times Higher Education (THE) jointly organised a workshop on “The Data Masterclass - World University Rankings” at the university’s campus in Bashundhara on Thursday, said a press release.

It all started when I overheard my friend Niaz speaking with Shafiq at the Bird Club.

Technical Training Centres (TTC) will be installed in every upazila with an aim to develop a skilled workforce, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad, at the inauguration of a modern and well-furnished building at Rajshahi TTC yesterday.