The 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination will be held tomorrow. Aspirants have been asked not to carry watches, along with any other electronic devices, in the test venues set up through Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might be visiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia soon – sometime between March and May.

The information ministry urges the state-run media outlets to highlight Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "eight innovative initiatives" mainly aimed to fight poverty and ensure a better life for under privileged people.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says Pakistan has failed to give any reasons for asking Bangladesh to withdraw its diplomat from Islamabad.

The cabinet yesterday gave its final approval to the draft of “The Jute Law, 2015” modifying the existing “Jute Ordinance” of 1962 and including a maximum three-year imprisonment or one lakh taka fine or both for violators.

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the ninth session on January 20.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 29 Bangladeshi nationals to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through Benapole border on

The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association (FBUTA) threatens to observe indefinite work abstention at all public universities on January 11 if the government does not deliver on its pledges of removing "discriminations" in the 8th national pay scale.

The Tripura government says that the Bangladesh government is keen to see the resolution of Teesta river water-sharing issue with India.

The government is going to implement the phase II of its village court project as an effective local dispute resolution

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive demolished 5,000 to 6,000 illegal establishments on Turag riverbank under Uttara and Turag police stations in the capital yesterday, claimed DMP.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines had a good year, turning a profit of Tk 275 crore in the first nine months of 2015.

The High Court yesterday directed the government authorities concerned to immediately stop the demolition of four

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Suhrab Hossain has been asked to return home though his contractual

International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday granted prosecutors time and fixed March 14 for submission of formal

Municipal polls in frames

More than 44 million primary and secondary level students are set to receive new textbooks on the first morning of 2016, as around 33 crore copies of textbooks are ready for free distribution.

Teachers of nursing colleges yesterday sought the prime minister's intervention for timely promotion of nurses

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will run a special bus service for ferrying Muslim pilgrims to and from the Bishwa Ijtema, the largest congregation of the Muslims after the hajj, from January 6 to 19.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern over the safety and reliability of the proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant.