Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the winners of the UN's highest environmental accolade -- Champions of the Earth -- in recognition of Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to address climate change, says the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep).

The government has decided to bring changes in key posts at some missions abroad.

To ensure more transparency in the admission tests for MBBS and BDS, the health ministry asked medical admission coaching centres to halt their operations until September 18.

A Dhaka court yesterday accepted charges against three youths in a case filed for beating up a stray dog with shovels in the capital's Rampura on June 16.

Seven suspected members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, including five "key organisers" of a web conference claimed to be organised by the banned militant outfit on September 4, at the capital's Khilkhet on Saturday night, claimed Dhaka Metropolitan Police at a press briefing yesterday.

The master plan for Chittagong Metropolitan area, which has not been implemented in last 20 years, will now be implemented but after proper modification, said Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday.

The Rajdhani Unnyan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has to stop promoting plot-based housing in the capital because it encourages massive earth filling of dedicated conservable wetlands by the government and private realtors, recommends a newly proposed master plan for Dhaka city.

Private university students yesterday stepped up their agitation against the imposition of VAT, shutting down major roads in the capital once again.

New Indian Visa Application Centres (IVAC) have been launched in Barisal, Rangpur and Mymensingh cities yesterday.

The High Court directs the government to immediately stop illegal parking of vehicles and use of hydraulic horns in Dhaka city.

Dhaka city dwellers suffer immensely as the agitating students blocked several key points in Rampura, Mohakhali, Baridhara, Dhanmondi and other areas causing severe traffic congestion in the capital.

The anti-VAT protest that erupted on Wednesday produces a large number of messages in the form of handwritten placards and street paintings – both serious and humorous – pointing out the absurdity of imposing VAT on education.

Saudi authorities said yesterday the annual hajj pilgrimage would go ahead despite a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Makkah Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the disaster.

Bangladesh will uphold its zero-tolerance policy against any terrorism suspects at home and abroad under its stringent counter-

Water scarcity in Chittagong city will be reduced remarkably with the completion of one of the two ongoing water supply projects by

The government will enact a law very soon to give professional recognition to advocates' clerks in the country, Law Minister Anisul Huq

The Bangladesh Federal Union of Newspaper Press Workers, and Bangladesh Newspaper Workers Federation yesterday hailed the

The government wants to make Bangladesh such a country where every child would grow up as a worthy citizen and get a peaceful and

The government, with the highest level of commitment, must immediately recover the surviving canals and floodplains that have been

The government should bring back Bangladeshi victims of human trafficking safely from Malaysia and prosecute the traffickers, rights