People in the country's northeastern haor areas remain at the mercy of nature. Every year, pre-monsoon floods come and submerge vast swathes of land, destroying the only crop in the region -- Boro. It seems haor people are destined to suffer.

Government relief in flood-hit areas is too inadequate to meet the needs of thousands of affected people.

Over 16 million people in Bangladesh, Nepal and India are affected by the monsoon floods ravaging parts of South Asia and unfolding

The issue of having the option of “No” vote in the election has come up again for discussion in the ongoing electoral talks being organised by the Election Commission.

A primary schoolteacher has allegedly been gang-rapped in Barguna's Betagi upazila.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government was preparing for seeking review of the Supreme Court judgment that upheld

“Was attacked again before PG hospital while returning from Shahbagh. They won't stop until gagging our voice. The message is clear:

At least 13 people were killed yesterday when a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona's most popular street in an

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who was admitted to a hospital in central London after falling ill, is still in the

The government is incurring a loss of around Tk 5.65 crore every month as a 14-month project to reopen the country's lone state-owned chemical factory could not be implemented in more than four years. The loss has been nearly Tk 82 crore since May last year, when the Tk 115 crore project to restart Chittagong Chemical Complex (CCC) in Sitakunda was extended for the second time.

“Had Ziaur Rahman not rehabilitated the killers of Bangabandhu, another clique of killers could not have shown the audacity of

With water level in all major rivers falling below the danger mark upstream, flood situation in northern districts shows signs of improvement.

The Supreme Court yesterday expressed discontent at the Anti-Corruption Commission for not naming former BASIC Bank chairman

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Abdul Hamid at the Bangabhaban yesterday and discussed the overall flood situation and the Supreme Court verdict in the 16th amendment case, among other issues.

Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh militant Tariqul Islam Tareq was arrested in Chittagong in connection with a 2005 countrywide series bomb blast case.

Disclosing for the first time this year's crop loss figure, the government yesterday decided to slash the tax on rice imports to 2 percent from 10 percent.

The Anti-Corruption Commission arrested contractor and Jubo League leader Khairul Huda in a case filed over corruption and

The condition of Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq, admitted to a hospital in central London, is stable.

A suspected suicide bomber of “Neo JMB” was killed during an anti-militancy operation at a city hotel yesterday as counterterrorism officials claim he had planned to carry out an attack on the crowd paying homage to Bangabandhu on National Mourning Day at Dhanmondi 32.

Yesterday, the road that leads to the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Dhanmondi-32 was dotted with posters