The government has decided to widen its diplomatic ties with foreign countries by opening nine new diplomatic missions abroad, reports UNB. The 9th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on Foreign Ministry, held at Sangsad Bhaban yesterday, came up with the disclosure. The meeting said the…

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday said the present government has taken various steps to protect the rights of children and ensure the equality between boys and girls, reports BSS. "Present government is very careful to protect the children's rights," she said…

Bogra: A local Awami League leader who was injured in a clash during the first phase of UP election in Sariaknadi upazila died at a local clinic here early yesterday, reports UNB. Abdul Mazid, 65, president of Kamalpur union unit of Awami League in the upazila and a resident of Rouhadah village, was…

Benapole: A female health worker of a non-government organisation was killed as a covered van hit her on Benapole-Jessore highway in Kalagacchi village of Jhikargaccha upazila in Jessore yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Selina Khatun, 20, a health worker of Nabharan Branch…

Several hundred vehicles, including trucks and buses, operating on Dhaka, Chittagong and Camilla routes from Bhola have been stranded at Ilisha ferry terminal on one side of the river Meghna and Mojhuchawdhury Haat on the other side over the past four days due to shortage of ferry. Sources said four…

The Jatiya Party-Ershad (JP-Ershad) is planning to boycott the next phases of Union Parishad (UP) elections, alleging massive irregularities and interference by Awami League leaders in the first two phases of the six-phase local body polls. “We are thinking about it. We will decide after the third…

Sylhet: Train communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong has been snapped as a rail bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfall early yesterday, reports UNB. The train communication was snapped from 5am yesterday. Kabir Ahmed, station master of Shamshernagar Railway Station in Kamalganj upazila, said…