Mozammel Haque Khan, senior secretary to the home ministry, has received the highest award of Bharat Scouts and Guides, The Silver

The government is planning to form a separate force to combat terrorism in the country, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan

State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan says in parliament the government is planning to form a separate force to combat terrorism

The High Court asks government to explain why it should not be directed to find out or produce BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed before court by Sunday

Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is going to introduce Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) system using Vacutug machines under a public private partnership (PPP) initiative to increase hygiene coverage in the capital.

High Court asks Bangladesh government to explain in 4 weeks as to why it should not be directed to repair dams which were damaged due to cyclones Sidr and Aila in four southern districts

In the wake of some recent firebomb attacks reportedly from the tops of buildings, the government has decided to ask owners of high-rise buildings to install close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities to maintain status quo on earth filling in and encroachment of natural water bodies and wetlands in Aftabnagar Banasri housing project in Rampura-Khilgaon-Badda-Sabujbagh area of Dhaka for next three months.

National grid of the country is likely to get about 560MW of power from April 30 as two base load plants of Summit Group are getting ready for commissioning commercially.

The government has undertaken a plan to bring 6,538 hectares of land, and 621 kilometres of area in nine costal districts under the social afforestation programme during the current fiscal year, Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain told the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday.

The government postpones the Dakhil examinations scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) following extension of hartal by the BNP-led 20-party political alliance.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee discussed the Teesta water-sharing deal and land

The recent violence is a serious threat to human rights, and it must be stopped immediately, speakers told a roundtable of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday.

Prospective contestants in the upcoming elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations will have to mention their Taxpayer's Identification Number (TIN) instead of incorporating tax returns with applications seeking candidacy.

Vehicles owned by those who had called hartal are on the roads; their businesses are open too. When they do not observe their own programmes, how could people do so?

President Abdul Hamid left here for London this morning for eye treatment and health checkup.

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The government has promoted nine additional secretaries to the rank of secretary.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina that he is “eagerly waiting” to visit Dhaka.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule upon the government and all the 41 registered political parties including the Awami League and the BNP to explain in four weeks why calling blockade should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.