Char areas of the Teesta river are covered in green now as vast tracts of the dried-up riverbeds have been turned into crop fields by the landless char people who have been cultivating various crops there in recent years.

Abdul Gafur Hali, the person considered to be one of the pioneer lyricists, composers and singers of Bangla folk, mystical and local songs, dies of old age complications at the age of 88.

Hearing the news that an NGO had taken two cows from his house for failing to pay the loan installments, an ill school teacher

Transparency International Bangladesh's (TIB) report on recruitment of lecturers in as many as 13 public universities makes for grim reading.

Residents of Nazirpur village in Muladi upazila of the district are voluntarily repairing a brick road at their own initiative to ease

The 12.5 km Oxygen-Hathhazari road expansion project is three years too late. And that has pushed up the cost considerably.

Uber, a company that introduced an alternative taxi service for Dhaka city recently, has slapped a charge on cancelling an order after making a call for ride.

People of the district observe December 20 with sadness as more than 25 freedom fighters met their tragic death on

We are heartened by the successful holding of the first in the series of dialogues that the President has initiated with the political parties, on the appointment of a new Election Commission.

It is depressing to note that over the last decade the number of Bangladeshi migrant workers who have died abroad has witnessed an alarming rise.

A fugitive war criminal of Kishoreganj dies due to his old age complications in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila.

A Bangladeshi shipyard supervisor, Bikas Nath, has won the top prize in the annual poetry contest for foreign workers held in Singapore.

The use of below par textbooks in our educational system has given rise to a most disturbing trend.

It is unfortunate that after long 45 years of Independence, Bangladeshi women are still facing various forms of gender discrimination and gender-based violence in their everyday life.

It is a matter of grave concern that the evacuation of the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo was suspended only a day after it had started, leaving thousands of Syrians trapped and uncertain of their fate.

In the latest statement by the United Nations, the world body has castigated the Myanmar government, particularly its leader Suu Kyi for hiding behind subterfuge and helping perpetuate the regime of persecution on the Rohingya minority.

Freedom fighters of Rajapur upazila of the district had started building a memorial on a badhyabhumi (killing ground)

It was a unique occasion as 300 people who recovered from addiction took part in a human chain on Kuakata beach

Hard-pressed elderly farmer Pabitra Das of Borodal village in Kulaura upazila under the district has got a power tiller,

The Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) report that reveals that more journalists have been jailed this year by government all over the world in nearly three decades, is certainly ominous news for press freedom and what media represents, which is the voice of the people.