BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to be sued today for sedition, as the home ministry has approved a prayer for bringing the charge against her for remarks on the number of Liberation War martyrs.

HM Ershad yesterday sought an appointment with Sheikh Hasina to discuss his plan to quit as the PM's special envoy and also the issue of resignation of three JP ministers, party sources said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reassured local and foreign investors of her government's commitment to facilitating the implementation of their pragmatic proposals and simplification of investment procedure for the best use of their money. She also said her government was going to establish Bangladesh Development Authority to help their businesses flourish. The PM made the comments after inaugurating two-day Bangladesh Investment and Policy Summit 2016 at a city hotel.

Physicians demonstrating in Chittagong for the withdrawal of cases filed against their colleagues now demand that a panel comprising

At least five persons, including a woman, were killed in a fire which might have originated from boiler explosions at a factory of Pubail

The BNP national standing committee met last night to finalise the roadmap for the party's national council, likely to be held in March.

To improve the public transport system in the capital, the Dhaka North City Corporation will facilitate the introduction of 3,000 new

Tahmina Afaz is a schoolteacher and lives at Ulan in the capital's West Rampura. She doesn't start for work until 7:30am, but since winter began, she has been waking up long before sunrise. "If I get up any later than 5:00am, I cannot finish cooking for my family before I go to work. The gas supply falls after sunrise, so much so that sometimes I cannot even turn the stove on," she says.

“Nowadays not only a section of people are trying to grab land in the name of the ruling party, but also the government is making attempts to take away the

Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, chairman of the Farmers Bank, has sent a rejoinder to a news analysis titled "Bangladesh Bank vs MK Alamgir"

Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has issued a rejoinder against a report headlined “Lights were out during pile-ups” published in The Daily Star on Monday.

The government is not paying adequate attention to the health hazards caused by arsenic contamination even though millions of people are exposed to it, says Professor Abul Hussam, a US researcher of Bangladesh origin.

A fire yesterday burned down at least 21 shanties at the Kalyanpur slum where just a day ago an eviction drive was suspended because

After over six years, the BNP may hold its triennial national council in March.

Frustration seems to be somewhere at the top in our two city mayors' job descriptions. Both of our city mayors have lamented in recent

Companies never tire of boasting about their products, and consumers are easily enticed. But in the case of water purifiers and filters,

“The countries must respond not by closing doors but by stretching their arms for the refugees.”

A housewife of a Hindu family has allegedly been raped twice by the same man in the span of just three days in Baniarchang upazila of Habiganj.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said he would resign as the special envoy to the prime minister and his party's three ministers from the cabinet in phases to play the role of a real opposition party.

Once built, the 8.70km Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover is set to become a permanent woe for Dhaka, with leading experts describing the Tk 1,219 crore structure as a massive block in the heart of the city. Around a year into the construction work in early 2014, it was detected by sheer chance that the much-hyped flyover was being built on a grossly faulty layout configuration without vital right-turn provisions and had a number of other flaws with serious consequences.