Dhaka and Beijing are expected to sign half a dozen deals during Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong's three-day visit to Bangladesh from Sunday.

The High Court places a three-month stay on the election of Bangladesh Bar Council, the ace body for lawyer regulation in the country.

Japan will provide 150 garbage trucks to improve waste management in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.

Canadian envoy in Bangladesh lauded the government for holding recent city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong observing that the elections brought back normalcy in public life, which was jeopardised by political violence.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) is set to lose a $25 million Japanese soft loan for a countrywide telecom backbone as it repeatedly failed to adhere to the donor's guidelines in awarding the project to the lowest bidder.

The government took up a Tk 468 crore project to strengthen Bangladesh Coast Guard to increase security in the coastal areas of the country and combat human trafficking.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning the legality of the government's inaction to stop smuggling of drugs and production of counterfeit medicines.

Democracy in Bangladesh now stands on a solid foundation, having been practiced for the last two decades, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

A youth was killed and another injured in a crude bomb blast in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur.

A Mymensingh court yesterday sentenced a man to death and his brother to life imprisonment for killing a farmer in Phulbaria upazila of the district in 2005.

A non-government organisation in need of legal assistance in any area of its functions or for itself may seek it free from iProbono, a

The Supreme Court yesterday summoned the law secretary before it and expressed dissatisfaction with his ministry for not complying with an order of the court to take

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for enhancing the budgetary allocation for people with disabilities to ensure their normal living.

The Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday protested the chief justice's remarks on lawyers.

The government should formulate a policy for bettering water and sanitation services in slums and coordinating relevant non-government organisations' activities, speakers told a workshop yesterday.

Newly elected Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday announced to bring different public places of DSCC under the WiFi network to ensure free internet service for people.

In a major reshuffle in the police administration, 22 additional deputy inspectors general have been transferred and given new

Referring to police failures to arrest the Pahela Baishakh molesters, Gono Songhoti Andolon Convener Zonayed Saki yesterday alleged

The government will start appointing 3,000 trained midwives from December, four at each upazila and one at each union, to reduce

Rafiqul Islam is one of six children of a poor labourer in the northern district of Kurigram. His family had lost everything for his