Fisheries and Livestock Advisor Farida Akhtar said, "The interest shown by the youth in working in the fishing sector is very encouraging. Turning fishing into an industry will destroy its original ...

Prominent chartered secretaries have called for updating the Companies Act to strengthen corporate governance in the country, and boost investment and job creation. They made the call at a seminar ...

Police have fired sound grenades and water cannons at workers of the Bangladesh Outsourcing Employees Welfare Association who blocked the road in front of the National Press Club for two hours ...

About 84% of the people want an independent and strong Local Government Commission to be formed through enactment of a new law aiming to strengthen the country's local government system, a recent ...

Gazipur border, Uttarkhan is undergoing a developmental transition. While some parts of the area are seeing the construction of high-rises, other parts remain rural ...

AMM Nasir Uddin has said he wants to launch a movement alongside people of the country not only for voting but also to establish voting rights.  "Just as you guard your land, you should also guard ...

Economist and former World Bank official Syed Akhtar Mahmood shared his insights with The Business Standard, analysing the challenges of fostering sustainable and inclusive development in Bangladesh ...

The accused Sayed Fazlul Karim Swapan, 42, was arrested at 2:30am today (22 February) during a raid in East Shiachar area under Narayanganj’s Fatullah Model Police Station ...

"Rain or thundershowers is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Mymensingh divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the ...

A day after Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin delivered a clear message at the just-concluded Deputy Commissioners' (DCs) Conference that the next general election must be fair at any costs, ...

In the digital age, students have instant access to more information than past generations could gather in a lifetime, far beyond textbook limits. Now, our curriculum needs to catch up ...

Authorities have yet to determine the full extent of the damage, though automobile workshop owners claimed that at least 28 vehicles including seven motorbikes were gutted in the blaze ...