Eying to minimise income disparity of the citizens, about 1.29 crore new jobs would be created over the period of the new five-year plan, although 99 lakh people are expected to join the workforce during the period.

A legal framework is needed along with the seventh five year plan of the government and food policy to ensure poor people's right to food, said speakers at a views-exchange meeting yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has taken sufficient security measures for peaceful celebration of Durga Puja and Ashura, said its Director General Benazir Ahmed yesterday.

The government is mulling over ways to deal with the issue of marriage of girls aged below 18 and above 16 in special cases such as elopement and unwanted pregnancy, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki said yesterday. The minimum age of marriage for girls will remain 18 in the upcoming Child Marriage Restraint Act, and the government will not enact any law that will have negative impact on the lives of women, she said.

Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote leaders yesterday demanded that Hindus be immediately granted a three-day holiday to celebrate

United efforts can make the capital city visibly clean and green within next four years, said Dhaka North City Corporation mayor

There has been significant progress in Bangladesh's readymade garment sector's capacity building over the last two and a half years but

In another development towards road connectivity between Bangladesh and India, Tripura bus operators yesterday

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the construction works of the 2nd Kanchpur Bridge

There has been no threat of any terrorist attack during Durga Puja, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that had halted VAT collection on tuition fees paid to English

The government will form in a month a separate commission to recruit teachers at the non-government educational institutions in order to curb corruption in the recruitment process.

The South Korean government has appointed Ahn Seong-doo as new ambassador to Bangladesh.

The government is planning to build a circular rail network around Dhaka to ease the pressure on city’s roads, said railways minister says.

The government yesterday sought the Supreme Court's stay on the High Court orders that directed Gaibandha lawmaker Manzurul Islam

An internal probe has detected at least 170 official passports that the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) issued against fake no-objection certificates. A three-member investigation committee found brokers, travel agents and human traffickers in league with a section of officials were involved in what appears to be the biggest ever passport forgery in the country.

Customs officials recovered Indian rupees worth over 68 lakh from a carton at the cargo shed of Shah Amanat International Airport in

Security has been tightened in Chittagong city and upazilas ahead of the Durga Puja. Many check-posts have been set

Rights activists in Barisal city yesterday urged the government to enforce right to food act to ensure food security.

The government does not tend to impose restriction on journalism by any means and it is not possible either, said Hasanul Haq Inu at