Marking the centenary of Justice Debesh Bhattacharya's birth, a meeting was held in Abdul Karim Shahitto Bisharad Auditorium of Bangla

Dhaka Sub-Editors Council (DSEC) has sought scholarship applications for its members' children, who passed Primary

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government has a plan to build five metro rails

The Payra sea port in Patuakhali would be operational from December on a limited scale. The government plans to gradually turn it into a deep seaport. "Apart from a deep seaport in Matarbari, another one will be constructed in Payra," Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told the press after an Ecnec meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Ministry at a meeting yesterday discussed the progress of implementation of Chittagong-CUET (Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology) rail project and a comprehensive report on purchasing machinery parts of OTM and LTM of BISIC and some other institutions.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam yesterday requested the Australian government to

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday assured that printing of school textbooks will be completed on schedule and students will get them by the start of next year.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources suggested increasing electricity lines

Bangladesh has sought cooperation from India to construct the Ganges Barrage on the Padma river, said Water Resources Minister

Aiming to expand e-Krishi (e-agriculture) in rural areas, government has taken initiative to set up 254 ICT-driven Agriculture

Observing that Bangladesh has all the treasures to emerge as the world's new tourist destination, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Good judgment and reasoning should be applied to a greater extent in reporting on children, when they are either the subject of the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed developing Ganges Barrage on the Padma River in Bangladesh under a joint venture

A four-lane flyover will be built at Bhulta Bazar on Dhaka-Sylhet highway to ease traffic at the busy intersection of four different routes.

The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal of the Ministry of Youths and Sports to expand the National Service Programme (NSP) in 20 upazilas to create jobs for 30,000 unemployed youths.

Mentioning that sense of unity and secularism is the long-practicing characteristics of people of Bangladesh, President Abdul Hamid yesterday said religion belongs to a community but festival belongs to all.

Aggrieved villagers beat up a man and later handed him over to the police for allegedly torturing his wife for dowry at

Envoys of four countries yesterday said there is still some concern despite the government's beefing-up of security.

A Bogra court here on Monday sentenced a man to death and four others to life imprisonment for killing a trader in 2006, reports our

A delegation of Commonwealth Secretariat (COMSEC) yesterday said progress in prevention of early marriage,