The financial capability and autonomy of local government should be increased if their accountability is to be ensured, speakers told an opinion sharing meeting yesterday.

The national judicial conference will be held in the capital on Sunday aiming to reduce backlog of cases through digitisation, effective court administration and case management.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) accorded a reception to 57 gallantry award winning freedom fighters in Bir Uttam Fazlur Rahman Khandker auditorium in the

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Communist Party of Bangladesh and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal yesterday slammed government plans to take back land leased out to tea estates in Habiganj and establish a special economic zone.

A Dhaka court yesterday used its inherent power to include three labour ministry officials in the charge sheet of the murder case filed over the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar in April 2013. The investigating officer (IO) of the case found involvement of the three in the crimes. But the labour ministry refused to give its approval to bring charges against them. According to law, government's prior approval is required to give a charge sheet against a government official.

Former ambassador Syed Shahed Reza has been elected president of Dhaka Club Ltd for the year 2015-2016 on Saturday, said a press release yesterday.

The authority of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) yesterday honoured 120 freedom fighters fought in the district during the 1971 Liberation War.

The government has undertaken a plan to send pension money to bank accounts of pensioners directly through electric fund transfer.

The liberation war affairs ministry has decided to further reduce the age limit for being recognised as freedom fighters to 12 years and four months.

Dhaka South City Corporation authorities evicts over 100 shops built illegally occupying footpaths in the city’s busy Gulistan intersection as part of a month-long drive.

Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina asks BGB personnel to remain alert so that incident like the 2009 BDR mutiny does not recur in the future.

Adarsh Swaika, deputy high commissioner of India in Dhaka, will act as the high commissioner until Harsh Vardhan, the new high

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said the government is contemplating to increase internship tenure for

Bangladesh does not want to see any death due to man-made disasters, said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday,

A hydroponics system in Bangladesh, based on floating gardens, has been recognised by the United Nations' Food and Agricultural

Accusing Bangladesh's political parties of failing to nurture the Liberation War's spirit, speakers at a convention in the capital yesterday

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said technical education centres would be set up in all

The construction of an integrated checkpost is at its final stage at Petrapole, India opposite Benapole Land Port in Bangladesh to facilitate

Chevron Bangladesh sponsored a mission of Rotaplast International, a nonprofit humanitarian organisation, under which 85 patients received reconstructive

The government will publish a new list of freedom fighters by March 26 (Independence Day) next year.