Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the January 5, 2014 general election was not a voter-less polls, like those held during the BNP and Ershad regimes.

The sea port being built for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant will be turned into a deep-sea port, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.

Social media users may have to be more cautious about making “unlawful” public remarks and sharing contentious items as it would soon be only a matter of hours for police to trace their origins with the help of special software.

At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus skidded of a road and fell into a ditch following a collision with a

Law enforcers yesterday obstructed BNP's protest programmes at different places in the capital and elsewhere, the party claimed.

The Election Commission is set to start handing over laminated NID cards this March to those who have been included in the voter list since 2013.

Some banks are in serious trouble. A number of sponsors are bankrupting banks, while another group is out to grab power of banks.

The government's food stock saw a rise this year compared to the same period last year. This was mainly due to a significant

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine State are still crossing into Bangladesh though the two countries are expected to start the repatriation of the Rohingyas, who have already taken shelter here, in weeks.

The BNP could not hold its planned rally in the city as the government did not give permission, while police foiled the party's processions in at least 25 districts and upazilas across the country yesterday.

The next parliamentary election will be held in line with the constitution and with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in office, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

Six days into their hunger strike demanding MPO facilities, non-MPO teachers called off the progamme yesterday following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's assurance that the demand would be fulfilled.

Her expression began to change as soon as she stepped into the Missionaries of Charity at Islampur in Old Dhaka on Christmas morning. The colourful Christmas decor of the premises could hardly draw her attention.

The government is likely to bring more private educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order scheme. The education ministry has already sent a draft of the revised MPO policy to the finance ministry which is now reviewing it, said sources in the two ministries.

Rohingya Muslim insurgents ambushed a vehicle in western Myanmar's Rakhine State yesterday, wounding three people, including two members of the security forces, the military said.

Seemingly undaunted by a warning from his predecessor about the challenges ahead, new Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal yesterday said turning Biman into a profitable venture would be a piece of cake for him.

A mild cold wave is sweeping over several districts of the country causing sufferings to the poor and the elderly. The Met office said temperatures could drop even further this evening.

In an unprecedented instance, the office of the chief justice has remained vacant for 56 days. In the past, the longest period the post lay vacant was less than two weeks, that too under extraordinary circumstances.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and workers to pursue education attentively to be able to lead the country.

By-election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post will be held on February 26, said Election Commission officials.