A little over a week is left before the Eid-ul-Fitr but that can hardly excite the paddy growers in Naogaon as they remain preoccupied with falling prices and debts.

The United Nations has honoured 12 fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers who lost their lives on duty in various parts of the world last year.

The charges in two graft cases against former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan and his wife Syeda Hasina Sultana could not be framed even in four years because of repeated time petitions.

The government is going to allocate Tk 200 crore to pay a portion of the arrears of workers and officials of state-owned jute mills ahead of the Eid, officials said yesterday.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind yesterday appointed BJP leader Narendra Modi Prime Minister-elect and invited him to form the new government.

The Bangladesh squad’s World Cup campaign will get underway today with their first warm-up game against Pakistan at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff, which will always be Sophia Gardens to Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Co as it was so called when they sensationally beat the mighty Australians at the venue in 2005.

Her voice breaking, Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation yesterday after three years of Brexit turmoil, dramatically increasing the likelihood of Britain crashing out of the EU within months.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader hopes that there will be progress on sharing Teesta water and other unresolved bilateral issues with India during the upcoming tenure of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to hold talks yesterday to form a new cabinet to tackle a stuttering economy and other challenges facing his second term after winning a big majority.

After nearly a week in the United Kingdom, the Bangladesh contingent bore a complete look yesterday when their official World Cup training camp started at the picturesque Cathedral School ground in Cardiff. The 13 players who came to the UK after the Tigers won their maiden multi-team trophy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurates the much-awaited second Meghna and Gumti bridges on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

Annual holidays and other closures eat up more than half the academic year at many secondary schools and madrasas, one of the reasons why students have to turn to private tutors.

Bangladesh will sign a deal of over $1.2 billion with Japan for four projects, including the second metro rail connecting the capital’s airport and Kamalapur, during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to the East Asian country on May 28-31.

A flurry of activity yesterday afternoon set the Local Supply Depot at Mohonpur apart from other depots in Rajshahi. While farmers were found reluctant to take paddy to most depots, some half a dozen labourers were seen at the Mohonpur depot, unloading sacks of paddy from a truck.

There was a time when the family planning policy of Bangladesh was a role model for other countries. The government initiated campaigns and interventions and continues to hold a substantial programme, considering over population a major concern for the country.

The suffering of ticket seekers continued for the second day yesterday as many complained that they could not buy advance train tickets online.

An organised syndicate has been using courier services over the last one year to bring yaba pills to the capital from Cox’s Bazar as a new strategy for carrying the mad drug amid strict vigilance of law enforcers.

The High Court yesterday came down heavily on Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) for not complying with its earlier order to get 52 sub-standard food items off the shelves.

The aim of any global sporting showpiece should be to provide a level playing field, and it was note-worthy that -- whether by chance or design -- Bangladesh’s Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Afghanistan’s Gulbadin Naib were the two captains sitting on either side of the World Cup trophy during

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called Indian premier Narendra Modi and extended heartiest congratulations to him on his party’s landslide victory in the general elections.