We have so many streets in Dhaka or elsewhere in the country with names that invoke little interest about the story behind it. What about naming a street 359 SM Road?

The Awami League promised democracy and good governance. However, the present state of democracy and governance tells a story of how the promises remained largely ignored.

The four-member panel, which compiled and edited two Bangla textbooks for class-I and III, was not notified about some changes in

Yet another coal-laden vessel sank near the Sundarbans yesterday morning, a reminder of the danger of transporting coal for the Rampal power plant.

Police arrested a suspected JMB operative and recovered arms and bomb-making materials from his Pabnapara home in Natore last night.

"There is an article in law [on which the NHRC was formed] that says if human rights are violated by any member of the law enforcement

Bangladesh posted 154 for three at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday.

Since sweeping into office through the general election of 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the last three years has succeeded in winning over her government's international detractors and raising Bangladesh's profile as a country committed to fighting terrorism.

The High Court yesterday rejected a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking stay on the trial proceedings against her in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Myanmar has expressed its interest in repatriating 65,000 Rohingya Muslims who entered Bangladesh in the last two months, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might form an all-party interim cabinet to supervise the next parliamentary election as she did earlier, said some leaders of the ruling Awami League yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hoped that all the political parties would have trust in the new Election Commission to be constituted by the president and join the next general election.

Devotees from different districts have gathered at the Biswa Ijtema ground on the Turag bank at Tongi of Gazipur as the first phase of the three-day congregation begins today.

The country is likely to have 16 more private universities, as the process of their approval is underway. The opposition leader in parliament, chief whip of the ruling party, two ruling party lawmakers and a former whip are among the patrons of the proposed universities, show documents of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

"Dhaka city will be renamed Zia City if the BNP comes to power."

Barack Obama addressed America and the world for the last time as US president Tuesday, in a speech that was both a tearful goodbye and a call to arms.

Islami Bank has brought major changes in its recruitment policy and decided to hire people from all religions based on merit and efficiency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her call for Myanmar to take back its nationals from Bangladesh.

Extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have repeatedly worsened the country's human rights situation in the first three years of this government's tenure.

With a fifth of the country's yearly jute exports at stake following India's imposition of anti-dumping duty on import of jute products from Bangladesh and Nepal, a national jute advisory committee meeting yesterday decided to engage immediately with India for lifting the duty.