Child marriage in Bangladesh has come down to around 43 per cent from 62.3 per cent in the last two decades, finds a new research by the Washington-based think tank International Food Policy Research Institute.

The cabinet yesterday okayed a draft law for preventing child marriage fixing 18 years as the minimum age for girls to get married but kept a provision for special circumstances under which girls below the age could tie the knot.

The two pictures will haunt our memories for long -- maybe forever.

Western nations are increasingly concerned at how Aung San Suu Kyi's government is dealing with violence in Myanmar's divided northwest, with the US envoy to the United Nations privately warning fellow diplomats the country could not handle the crisis on its own.

All they wanted was to cross the Naf river and enter Bangladesh. Pir Mohammed and his wife Rashida Begum had to leave behind their two sons and all the belongings in Myanmar. The couple along with their two daughters aged five and three finally made it to Leda unregistered Rohingya camp in Teknaf on Monday.

Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman walked free on bail from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur yesterday after

The BNP yesterday defended its proposal for deploying armed forces with magisterial power during elections, claiming that

Wearing a burqa, Rashida Khatun was waiting in front of Lambabil fish market along the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway yesterday afternoon.

Exporters and importers allege that they are troubled by incidents of theft in the cargo village area and corruption of a section of customs officials and ground handling staff, who create an artificial crisis of equipment like pallets, containers, and trolleys.

“Boss, my name is Arman. I am at Panthapath. Where should I come to pick you up?” a driver of Uber transport service said, seconds after Shafiul Islam sought the newly introduced taxi service in Dhaka.

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down hard on party lawmaker Shamim Osman for taking position against AL mayoral nominee Selina Hayat Ivy.

“We are maintaining a double standard on the issues of child labour and domestic helps. Many of us speak of protecting their

The Chittagong leg of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ended on a brilliant note for the Chittagong Vikings yesterday as

Talent, in whatever field it may be, is of no use without a platform. And in one of the most densely-populated countries in the

Hausher Dweep. It's an island in the middle of the Naf river, which marks the Bangladesh border with Myanmar.

Mohammad Nabi is turning out to be Chittagong Vikings's trump card in this tournament. Including yesterday's six-wicket win

Although police could not trace two expelled Chhatra League leaders who brandished guns during a recent clash in Gulistan, a

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her party never used the armed forces as a tool for capturing power, rather

More than 800 newly identified Rohingya houses have been destroyed in Myanmar's Rakhine state, according to new satellite

Leda is under Hnila union in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar. Just half a km off the River Naf, which marks the border between