The government is going to establish an independent commission to strengthen media by ensuring press freedom, said Information Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon yesterday.

ATCO notice makes NOC mandatory before joining another TV channel

Protesters demand investigation report by May 20

Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal expresses support for initiative

Service to remain open from 9:00am to 1:00pm

Habiganj Motor Owners Association warns of tougher programmes over alleged assaults on transport workers and vandalism

Former state minister and BNP leader laid to rest following janaza at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban

Seeks action on rehabilitation and welfare of street children

Once a flowing tributary of the Khowai, the river is now reduced to a polluted canal

Says Tk 5.5 crore spent was people’s money; seeks fresh probe, demands accountability

Persistent inflation is eroding consumer spending power and affecting businesses across the board, according to a study by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said the people of the nation will resist any attempt to obstruct the implementation of the government’s election pledges.

The unity behind the July uprising is eroding as repression returns to public universities in new forms, leaving campuses divided and dimming the dream of a fear-free learning environment, the University Teachers’ Network said yesterday.

A case was filed yesterday over the attack on the historic Hazrat Shah Ali shrine in Mirpur and devotees by a mob.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for urgent measures to prevent further deaths from the ongoing measles outbreak, which has already claimed more than 450 lives.

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that Chattogram’s chronic waterlogging crisis will have “a major, visible solution” by the end of this year.

A woman died at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal as her oxygen supply was removed to help another patient whose family had paid Tk 200 to a trolley man, alleges the family.

Students of Kadamtala Government Primary School in Kurigram Sadar upazila formed a human chain yesterday, demanding prompt and sustainable measures to save their school, homes and croplands in Kadamtala from erosion by the Dharla river.

Speakers yesterday called for increasing prices and taxes of tobacco products in the next budget, saying tobacco-related health and environmental damage costs Bangladesh around Tk 87,000 crore annually, far exceeding the government’s revenue from the sector.

Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar yesterday called for enacting two separate laws on lawmakers’ code of conduct and special privileges.