They call it "Long Man Society" and it is literally so. All the men in the club are at least six feet tall. Care to know why they formed it?

Public university teachers observed work stoppage for the fourth consecutive day yesterday protesting against “disparity in the new pay scale” but no solution is in sight yet.

Only policy rate cuts are not enough to boost investment, as there are other factors such as business environment, investment certainty and cost of doing business, which analysts say need to be addressed for a higher growth.

The Railways ministry wants to increase fares for passengers and freight by 7.8 percent from next month to cut down losses.

The supply chain of the garment industry, the country's biggest export earner, is plagued by irregularities and corruption for which global apparel buyers are also responsible, according to a report of Transparency International Bangladesh.

A majority of Arab Muslim youths see the actions of extremists such as the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam's teachings, according to a new poll.

Islamic State said it was behind an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta yesterday that brought the radical group's violence to the world's most populous Muslim country for the first time. Just seven people were killed despite multiple blasts and a gunfight, and five of them were the attackers themselves, but the brazenness of their siege suggested a new brand of militancy in a country where low-level strikes on police are common.

Bangladesh will take on Zimbabwe in the first of their four-match T20I series at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna today. The Tigers had a brilliant run

Newly-appointed high commissioners of two top countries -- United Kingdom and India -- will take up their diplomatic assignments in Bangladesh shortly.

The man, who flew in from Kolkata on December 16, 1971 and made Pakistan army's eastern command chief AAK Niazi to agree on surrendering to the joint command of Bangladesh and India in public, passed away yesterday.

The BNP yesterday criticized Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent address to the nation, saying it lacked directions as to how the country's “deep political crisis” will be resolved.

Putting aside a sudden crisis with Iran, President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Americans in his final State of the Union address to reject the politics of tribalism and fear that have rocked the campaign to find his successor and to build a "clear-eyed, big-hearted" and "optimistic" nation.

Patients suffered immensely as doctors at public hospitals across the country observed a two-hour work stoppage yesterday protesting “discrepancies” in the eighth national pay scale.

Public university teachers, who are observing an indefinite strike against “pay disparity”, yesterday said they want to talk to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over their demand to end the ongoing crisis.

The police headquarters is mulling a new mechanism to recruit constables as part of efforts to stop the flow of inefficient people in the force through corruption and political influence. Under the new system, officials at the police HQ will prepare a 40-mark question paper for written tests and evaluate the answer sheets. The job is now done by a committee headed by the superintendent of police (SP) of the district concerned.

In a bizarre incident, a garbage carrying truck of Dhaka North City Corporation dumped a large chunk of trash in front of a multinational bank's headquarters in the capital's Gulshan early yesterday. The authorities of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) have expressed utter surprise at the noxious incident as they remain in the dark as to what triggered this.

Two alleged operatives of banned militant outfit JMB were killed in an “encounter” with law enforcers in the capital's Hazaribagh area last night.

Bangladesh has asked Pakistan to refrain from any "disturbing" activities as it has reports that diplomats posted at two Bangladesh missions in Islamabad and Karachi are being kept on "unnecessary and excessive" watch.

Bangladeshis are the most optimistic people in the world though the country intermittently faces various challenges, according to a global survey.

Bangladesh Railway is going to jack up the fares for passengers and freight in a few months.