The government, for the first time, is going to distribute free Braille textbooks for visually impaired students and books for indigenous pupils in their…

At least nine people were killed and seven others wounded in cross-border fire which hit a Pakistani bus in disputed Kashmir yesterday, officials said,…

The government has expressed its deep concern at the continued deteriorating situation in the Rakhine State of Myanmar due to the ongoing actions of the Myanmar Armed Forces causing dire consequences to the people there and its implications for Bangladesh. Secretary (Bilateral & Consular) of the Foreign…

The High Court yesterday asked Tampaco Foils Limited owner Mokbul Hossain and five other accused to surrender before a lower court in seven days in connection with two cases filed over the factory blast that killed 39 workers and injured scores others in September. However, the HC granted anticipatory…

Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy yesterday tendered resignation from her post to vie for the local government body’s upcoming election scheduled for December 22. She sent her resignation letter to the minister for Local Government, Rural Deve­lopment and Cooperatives…

Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman was freed on bail yesterday, three and a half years into his arrest in a case filed for publishing report in the daily relating to the Skype scandal in December 2012. Jailer Md Nashir Ahmed said that Mahmudur Rahman was released around 1pm after completion of…