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The government has taken initiative to build the second ‘Padma Bridge’ at Paturia -Daulatdhia point for smooth road communication from the capital to the southwestern

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said formation of a BCS (primary education) cadre for officials involved in primary education management is under

Good Neighbours Inc in Bangladesh, an international humanitarian and development organisation with its headquarters in Seoul, on Wednesday volunteered cleanliness drive on the Shaheed Minar

Lack of diplomatic efforts to nurture old and explore new job markets blamed As the government finds it tough to tackle the fallout of the ongoing global recession and fails to explore potential manpower destinations, the country’s overseas job market experienced

An outlawed party leader was killed in ‘crossfire’ with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Mahadebpur village under Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia district in the early hours of

The Dhaka metropolitan police have returned half of the vehicles seized on allegation of being unfit during the ongoing drive to their owners, the police said on

Bangladesh’s longest-serving finance minister M Saifur Rahman was buried on Monday at the family graveyard in Baharmardan of Moulavibazar after he died in a car crash on the Dhaka-Sylhet

The government has sanctioned taka 10 crore for the victims of the cyclonic storm Aila in four upazilas of Satkhira and Khulna districts for constructing

The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, reached New Delhi Monday afternoon for bilateral talks with her Indian counterpart, SM Krishna, today. The meeting between the two South Asian next-door neighbours scheduled to be held at the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday received the draft of the Education Policy 2009 that envisages basic changes to set the country’s outmoded education system in tune with the

Allaying the fear of a gloomy aman prospect due to delayed monsoon, the northern region has lived up to its ‘food bowl’ reputation by well surpassing the target acreage of tilling

The United States accounted for more than two-thirds of foreign weapons sales in 2008, a year in which global sales were at a three-year low, The New York Times reported

The finance ministry has sought the Bangladesh Bank’s opinion on making it mandatory for non-banking financial institutions to increase their paid-up capital by 100 per cent in three years, said officials

Mobile court also penalises black-smoke emitters, vehicles with fake papers A mobile court yesterday penalised motor vehicle owners with fines in the city’s Agargaon area for using horns beyond permissible sound limit, emitting black smokes and possessing

Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) has planned to begin a five-year project for pearl culture in the country, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas told parliament

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $55 million loan to support small scale water services in Bangladesh to help cut rural poverty, improve community involvement, and address the threat posed

A female giraffe of Dhaka Zoo died yesterday. “The giraffe died at 2:00pm after suffering from absolute dehydration,” Dr Aminur Rahman, curator of the zoo,

A one-year-old boy of a tenant was killed after the house owner’s son allegedly dipped him into mud at Majarbari in the city’s Uttarkhan area Sunday night as a sequel to a tenant-owner feud over

The lone independent lawmaker of the 9th parliament Fazlul Azim on Monday demanded submission of a report by the parliamentary delegation which visited the controversial Tipaimukh dam site in north-eastern

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday urged its members to pay wages and festival bonus on time to avert any untoward incidents