Slapping a ban on outdoor programmes in the evening of Pahela Baishakh should not be a way to protect women; it will only add fuel to extremism opposed to women's freedom, rights activists said yesterday.

The High Court yesterday cleared way for the mobile carriers to continue with the biometric registration of SIM cards.

Mizanur Rahman Sohag, a friend of Sohagi Jahan Tonu's younger brother, was released by his abductors early yesterday, 16 days after he was picked up from his house in Burichang upazila of Comilla by a group of men posing as law enforcers.

The road transport and bridges ministry yesterday sent a clarification for a report published in The Daily Star on April 12 with the headline “Public bus, not auto rickshaw”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to strike hilsa off tomorrow's menu at her official residence, Gono Bhaban, in an effort to discourage people from having jatka (hilsa fry) on Pahela Baishakh.

The road transport and bridges ministry's move to allow 5000 more CNG-run auto-rickshaws on the city roads runs counter to the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) for Dhaka that holds small vehicles largely responsible for traffic congestion.

Bangladesh has made a significant progress in energy management and has moved seven notches up in the major global energy index, prepared and released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

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S Alam Group, the company at the centre of Banshkhali row, bought land in Gondamara union in the name of textiles and vegetable oil companies and then started developing it as a site for a coal-fired power plant.

Instead of introducing more buses, the government is moving to allow 5,000 more CNG-run auto-rickshaws on Dhaka streets, which has the potential to worsen the perennial congestion.

“I can't accept that our jute mill workers who put in so much hard work will be in the streets to realise arrears when the entire nation will

Even a couple of years ago, it was unimaginable to think of a sultry April day without power outages.

The government should change its present strategy to contain violent extremism and political threats, says Brussels-based think-tank International Crisis Group.

Yaar Hossain, father of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, rejects the inquest report as it does not mention some injury marks he saw on his daughter's body after finding her murdered on the night of March 20.

Comes Pahela Baishakh, comes opportunity for hilsa hoarders.

“Bangladesh cannot graduate into a middle-income country, keeping children involved in hazardous work."

A fire and explosions during a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year killed over 100 people and injured more than 380 at a temple in India's southern Kerala state yesterday.

While most of us are content with maintaining social connections, even the very casual ones, with Facebook and catching up on what friends have been up to, looking at their holiday photos or photos of their children, some have been using Facebook for study materials and getting jobs.

The government has extended its full support for the coal-fired power plant to be set up in Banshkhali of Chittagong amid growing protests over the project and last week's clashes that left at least four people killed and scores more injured.

Two people were hurt when the gas cylinder of a car exploded at a CNG filling station at Khulshi in Chittagong yesterday.