The Basia river, which flows by the side of Bishwanath upazila town of Sylhet, has turned into a narrow stream of polluted water, thanks to mindless encroachment and human wastes dumped into it.

China has expressed its interest to construct the 225-km Dhaka-Chittagong expressway, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) asks owners to install closed-circuit cameras at their Cyber café by next 30-day to thwart cyber attacks.

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulate President-elect of the United States Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election.

The High Court directs former BNP foreign minister M Morshed Khan, his wife Nasrin Khan and their son Faisal Morshed Khan to surrender before the lower court concerned in six weeks in a money laundering case.

A 14-party grand alliance delegation will visit the affected Hindus in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar today following the spate of attack on the minority community there.

A two-day conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) started at BGB

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission begins the registration process for public hearing to know about the mobile phone users' complaints and experiences on the quality of services.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government will do whatever needed to ensure social peace and security, accusing BNP-Jamaat nexus of hatching plots afresh to destabilise the country.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal warns that none of the culprits behind the attacks on Hindu community will be spared.

After 45 years of independence, the government has finally defined as to who will be considered as freedom fighters of Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. The government publishes a gazette notification in this regard to make it effect immediately.

US Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat hints that the existing Bangladesh-US relations would not be affected by change of government following the upcoming US elections.

The Supreme Court expresses dissatisfaction on the government as it did not finalise rules determining disciplines for lower court judges as per the apex court’s guideline.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque vows to bring the perpetrators of Brahmanbaria mayhem to the justice soon. He makes the assurance at a view exchange meeting with leaders of Hindu, Buddhist and Christian communities at Police Headquarters in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) withdraws the suspension on the operation of all water vessels across the country as the weather condition started to improve gradually.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country saying cooperatives can play a big role in the socioeconomic development of the nation.

Police will take all preparations to root out terrorism and militancy from the country, says Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mohammad Asaduzzaman Miah.

Bangladeshis form the majority of the 166,817 foreigners working in Malaysia in managerial positions and at jobs requiring technical skills.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests 11 persons including three food inspectors in three districts in connection with alleged misappropriation in a government programme of selling rice at Tk 10 per kilogramme for ultra poor.

A rights organisation files a writ petition challenging the legality of a provision of law that allowed candidates for the post of union parishad chairman to contest elections under political parties’ banners.