Employment growth in industrial sector slowed further in 2016-17 for the second year in a row, in a sharp reversal from its previous growth record, according to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics last week.

Amid the presence of a huge number of party men, the BNP yesterday called upon the government to dissolve the parliament before the next parliamentary polls for holding the elections under a non-partisan neutral administration.

Former pilots and aviation experts yesterday came down heavily on the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and accused it of irregularities and failing to overseeing safety measures in private airlines.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to remain alert so that the anti-liberation forces can never come to power.

At the tender age of 13, when she should be out playing with friends or studying, her life now revolves around tending to a son born out of rape.

The United States said yesterday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in taking action against the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow.

“45 minutes from doom”, the most significant dossier that Tony Blair produced to convince his country that Saddam Hussein actually possessed WMD and that he could hit British mainland within 45 minutes of an order, was completely false.

As Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh, resistance began in Chittagong city and many other areas. Intense fighting broke out between the Pakistan military and the freedom fighters.

The clock struck 8:00am. In sync, students, government employees and politicians across the country stood up, faced the national flag and started singing the national anthem -- Amar Sonar Bangla Ami Tomay Bhalobashi -- in chorus. Their voices were filled with emotions and their eyes showed an unquantifiable respect for the Liberation War martyrs.

Families of the victims of US-Bangla plane crash are each entitled to get up to Tk 1.6 crore in compensation from the airlines and its insurers under international aviation laws.

For the family it felt like a miracle that Shahin Bepari survived the US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu two weeks ago when so many of his fellow passengers did no

US President Donald Trump has lauded the “personal leadership” of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in addressing the plight of the Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine State in Myanmar.

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Haoliang Xu yesterday said there are several challenges ahead of Bangladesh that need to be addressed to achieve a sustainable transition from LDC to lower middle income country.

Steve Smith's future as Australia captain was thrown into doubt after he was banned for one match after admitting responsibility for the ball-tampering scandal that marred the ongoing Test against South Africa.

It could have been just another glorious fall morning in New York City on September 11, 2001.

The atrocities committed by Pakistan occupation forces on the night of March 25 and early hours of the next day on unarmed Bangalees ultimately led to the war for liberation. It was proof that there would be no “negotiation”. The dark night prompted Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to declare the independence of Bangladesh the very next day -- March 26, 1971.

The European Union and 10 countries including the US and the UK have expressed concern over several sections of the proposed Digital Security Act-2018 as what they said is it “would suppress freedom of expression in multiple ways”. Ambassadors of the countries and the EU or their representatives expressed their worry at a meeting with Law Minister Anisul Huq at his secretariat office in Dhaka yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to work together in a planned way so that the country's march ahead with the Liberation War spirit never stops.

With each passing day in March of 1971, Bengali disobedience grew and the people of East Pakistan eventually erupted. The spirit also touched the Bangalee expatriates living far away. London was one such place where the Bangalees took to the streets for an independent Bangladesh.

The government yesterday rejected the Bertelsmann Stiftung report which highlighted shrinking democratic practices in Bangladesh