In a major political development, the Awami League yesterday tabled a proposal for limiting the jurisdiction of the election-time government to carrying out only routine job as had been the legal provisions for the nonpartisan caretaker governments in the past.

Bangladesh will ask Myanmar today to immediately take back its Rohingya population living in Bangladesh and to ensure a sustainable

The monthly honorarium and other benefits for over 65,000 elected representatives of the local government bodies have almost been doubled.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday vowed to build a Bangladesh where there would be no room for militancy and terrorism, and people irrespective of caste and creed would practise their religions peacefully. She called upon all, including imams, teachers and parents, to put up strong resistance against militancy and terrorism.

Eighty-five eminent citizens of the country have strongly condemned the anomalies in this year's school textbooks and demanded

When Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim was responding to what was the last question of a long press briefing from a New

The Awami League government had taken up a good number of infrastructure development projects since assuming office eight years ago but only a handful of those could be implemented.

Although all the 22 political parties during their talks with President Abdul Hamid proposed enacting a law on formation of the Election Commission, the ruling Awami League might not agree to the proposal.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to issue a circular in 30 days asking doctors to write prescriptions clearly so that

Vehicles plying from Bijoy Sarani to Fakirapool/UCBL crossing can take Love Road-Moghbazar Flyover-Rajmoni Crossing route, while

The ruling Awami League will hold a rally in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan to mark the Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation

“Disrespect invites

Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna yesterday claimed that there were no seditious elements in his phone

Governance in the financial sector is showing signs of improvement as the government has taken a number of initiatives over the last

The BNP will not go for tough street programmes anytime soon although the government continues to deny the party any “democratic space”.

Vegetable production has more than doubled in just over a decade, making Bangladesh one of the fastest-growing vegetable producers in the world. The growth in recent years stems from better seeds and technologies as opposed to the growths in the 80s and early 90s when more agro land was dedicated to vegetable farming.

“I am a free bird… Now I can fly…”

Obstructed by law enforcers, the BNP was unable to stage its planned demonstrations in most of the districts yesterday.

The recent reshuffle in the board of Islami Bank will not lead to any change in its core banking practices based on sharia law, Arastoo Khan, the new chairman of the bank, said yesterday.

Sixteen areas in the capital, including Gulshan, Uttara, Dhanmondi, Lalmatia and Motijheel, have heavy presence of Aedes mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting diseases like zika and dengue, finds a health directorate survey. The findings are in line with the alarming number of dengue cases, at least 6,000 in the last one year, the highest since 2002 when it was 6,132.