Viewing stability as the key to the future of Asia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the Asian leaders to build bridges and strive for connectivity…

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail for eights weeks to BNP leader Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Anny in connection with a violence case. The case was filed with Paltan Police Station on charges of preventing law enforcers from discharging their duties, and violence during the agitation by…

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq yesterday said the government planned to provide three more bonuses to the freedom fighters from July next, reports UNB. The Minister came up with the announcement after inaugurating a new building for Chuadanga Muktijoddha unit in yesterday morning.…

Bangladesh has won three major elections in the United Nations this week, reports UNB. The elections were held on April 16 in New York at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN. With this victory, Bangladesh will now represent the Asia-Pacific Group to Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)…

The Detective Branch (DB North) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested three people last night, including one Pulakesh Das, who is believed to be one of the ringleaders of a racket responsible for question paper leaks, in separate raids in the capital. The other arrestees have been identified…

A global study has warned that the air quality in Bangladesh has been falling fast since 2010, taking the concentration of dangerous substance, known as particulate matter or PM 2.5, in the air to 10 times higher than the maximum level set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), reports UNB. WHO has…