Bangladeshi scientist Prof Habibur Rahman is now the most revered man within the scientific and the farming fraternities of Canada.

Print media owners yesterday urged the government for withdrawal of all duty and VAT on newsprint import to facilitate the industry to sustain the rising operating costs.

Little did Miraj Munshi know about the misfortune that would befall him. With hopes for a better future, the 35-year-old migrant worker from Comilla joined a construction company in Malaysia in the first week of March.

Imagine you are in your Mirpur home in the morning and you get a call and you need to be in downtown ASAP. You're probably thinking you are done.

Less than half a month back a university professor was brutally murdered in the district. Almost in a similar fashion, a pir (spiritual leader) was killed there by unknown assailants on Friday night.

What makes a mother special? A mother showers her child with unconditional love and holds hands whenever needed. Mothers sacrifice their own comfort for the baby and expect nothing in return.

Many incidents of violence and irregularities marked the voting in the fourth phase of the union parishad polls yesterday as

An unidentified youth was seen tied with heavy ropes to the front bumper of a speedy truck on the Natore-Bogra highway at Sherkol in Shingra upazila of Natore yesterday.

Another 703 unions of 47 districts go to polls in the fourth phase today amid tension and fear of violence as many ruling Awami

Local Awami League leaders and activists allegedly assaulted the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Parshuram in Feni yesterday.

The vociferous reaction of some ministers and MPs against the cancellation of the constitution's 16th amendment that had

The government is going to more than double the area of the two Dhaka city corporations through inclusion of 16 nearby unions, said

We have started repair of 300 roads. Reinforced concrete is being used to repair three-fourth of the roads so they will last for decades.

Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon took oath as mayors respectively of Dhaka North and South City Corporations on May 6 last year. They took over offices with serious pledges and commitments to bring about qualitative changes in delivering civic services.

“With today's verdict, a chapter in the trial of the top war criminals of 1971 comes to an end."

The United States yesterday said it was ready to help Bangladesh fight terrorism and violent extremism by providing it with experts and technical support.

The Supreme Court yesterday said it would not hold rehearing on most of the 168 cases in which former chief justice Md

The investigation into the war crimes of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders Motiur Rahman Nizami and Abdul Quader Mollah began on the same day in July 2010. Charges were framed against the duo on the same day in May of 2012.

The legal battle in the war crimes case against Motiur Rahman Nizami has finally drawn to a close after 69 long months. The man, who led the ruthless militia Al-Badr in the massacre of Bangalees including intellectuals and professionals during the 1971 Liberation War, has now only one option left -- seeking presidential clemency by confessing to the crimes he committed during the nine-month war.

Three ministers and several treasury and opposition bench MPs yesterday lambasted a High Court verdict that scrapped the