The primary application process of twenty public universities for uniform admission tests will begin from April 1 and will continue till April 15.

Women are increasingly entering decision-making positions but full gender parity is far from being reached as they rarely hold leadership positions in executive and legislative offices.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has made an appeal to the international community to work sincerely instead of giving “lip service” to repatriation talks for the Rohingyas.

Breaking the glass ceiling today, Tashnuva Anan Shishir started her journey as the first transgender news presenter in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged women of the country to engage in income-generating activities for their economic freedom instead of sitting idle at home.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) could not meet expectations in curbing corruption, its outgoing Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said today.

For the first time in the history of the country, four female judges from Bangladesh are going to join the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan and Somalia.

The government has finalised the names of nine noted personalities and one organisation to be honoured with the Swadhinata Padak-2021 in recognition of their outstanding contribution at the national level.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the real declaration of the country's independence.

The government has promoted 337 officials to the rank of deputy secretary.

On average, a Bangladeshi annually wastes 65 kg food at home, according to Food Waste Index Report 2021 by the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic March 7.

At least two persons were killed and eight were critically injured when a cement-carrying truck rammed into several pedestrians and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kolatoli in Cox’s Bazar last night.

About 49,924 female migrant workers returned home from 21 countries amid the coronavirus pandemic, Brac Migration Programme said.

The small, improvised three-wheeler on a busy Dhaka street and its buff rider are sure to turn heads.

The Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) today demanded that steps be taken immediately to follow-up on the law minister’s assurance that the Digital Security Act would be reviewed.

The nation is set to observe the historic March 7 tomorrow, commemorating the landmark speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- considered an indirect declaration of the country’s independence in 1971.

Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur Vice-Chancellor Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah’s comments on the education minister and the probe committee that investigated allegations of corruption against him are unexpected from a man of his stature, said the University Grants Commission in a statement today.

Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to UNESCO and Bangladesh Embassy in Paris have published -- in UN’s six official languages -- a book on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 speech.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore is doing better than the last couple of days, following bail.