The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to submit a list of structures, which were built filling up historical Lakutia canal, known as Rayer Khal, in Barisal, in six weeks.

Students of different private universities and medical colleges yesterday wearing black badges staged a rally in the capital's Dhanmondi, demanding cancellation of the recently imposed VAT (value added tax) of 7.5 per cent on private education.

Six young Bangladeshi mathematicians will participate in the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), to be held in Thailand's Chiang Mai on

Police recovered the decomposed body of a seven-year-old boy from a pond beside his house at Baherchor of Savar, outside the capital, yesterday six days after he went missing.

A group of youths have gone on rampage near Dhaka’s Titumir College in Mohakhali and vandalised several vehicles this afternoon.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to take all kinds of effective steps to protect the Sakhipur reserve forest area in

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) distributed aid to 3,000 families displaced by flood in Ramu in Cox's Bazar.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seize over 400 Indian pond turtles from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

While common people in the capital struggle hard to collect bus tickets ahead of Eid, the task appears very easy for privileged groups

With Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the major religious festivals of the Muslims, drawing close, shopping has gained momentum in markets in

Sixty dilapidated and risky buildings in Khulna city have to be demolished immediately, demanded speakers at a human chain on Friday.

We have long term treaties with India which is a sign of a strong relationship. But we are handling China by default. We should have a long term partnership agreement with China like what we have with India.

The water level in three upazilas of Lalmonirhat that were hit by flash flood has started going down yesterday, bringing relief to the

India's Border Security Force (BSF) rescued 30 Bangladeshi agricultural labourers who were about to be washed away in a sudden rush of

Unloading of goods from lighter vessels at several private jetties on the bank of Karnaphuli river in Chittagong remained suspended since

Constitution expert Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said the High Court would decide whether Awami League leader Mofazzal Hossain

The number of gang-rapes reported every month in the country has nearly tripled to 24 in the last six months, shows a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

Today is the 2nd death anniversary of Hamida Thakur, former associate director of Bangla Academy.

The health ministry has suspended Dr AKM Mujibur Rahman, director of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, on the charge of irregularities in

Law enforcers claim arrest of 12 militants of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent including its Bangladesh chief coordinator from Dhaka.