The horrendous tailbacks suffered by Dhaka residents last Saturday and Sunday were, we are informed the result of a new signal system installed by the authorities at a cost of Tk14 crore.

The trial of new traffic signal system with countdown timers in the capital was a failure, as the two Dhaka city corporations conducted it on the basis of a flawed plan, say urban transport experts.

The two-day 20th annual convention of Lions Clubs International, district 315A1, ended at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital on Saturday.

Today is the fourth death anniversary of Al Musabbir Sadi, a sports journalist and former general secretary of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).

Varendra Research Museum, the first museum established in erstwhile East Bengal in 1910, is a popular tourist attraction.

Yesterday was the 13th death anniversary of AQM Nuruddin, a former professor of mass communication and journalism department of Dhaka University.

Today is the 50th Death Anniversary of MA Rashid, founder of Travel Agency, says a press release.

Hasanuzzaman Khan, former managing editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 90.

IT is indeed heartening to see justice finally meted out to Md Helal Uddin, who as the OC of Khilgaon Police station picked up Abdul Kadar, a meritorious Dhaka University student, tortured him in custody and later tried to arrest him on trumped-up charges.

Despite the enormous potential of South-South cooperation, it must be acknowledged that no enduring and effective changes can take place without the political will and commitment from concerned governments.

Myanmar acknowledges international "concerns" about waves of boatpeople, many of whom are fleeing from persecution, but denied it is solely to blame as thousands languish in dire straits at sea.

The Al-Badr killed the country's intellectuals and professionals in a planned way in 1971, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told the

For hundreds of migrants stranded at sea in sinking boats, the first helping hand came not from governments but from fishermen who

Monday morning rush hour traffic seemed more packed than usual, as vehicles were at a standstill at different parts of Dhaka.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday ordered a tannery to stop production until setting up an effluent treatment plant (ETP), a

SLUMS are growing seamlessly with one-third of the urban people already living in them.

WHAT is as deplorable as the sexual assault and the attempted rape on a minor at a higher secondary school recently is the way the school authorities have handled the matter.

“The elections [city corporation polls] can be termed good since there was no bloodshed.”

Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Bangladesh next month, the transport ministers of the two countries

In a pre-budget discussion held at the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), Industrialists and economists were