The BNP faces a tough challenge ahead of the Gazipur City Corporation election as many of its leaders and activists in the city have gone into hiding following the filing of a vandalism case against them.

Asking students to refrain from resorting to vandalism in educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government would no longer tolerate such activities.

The country's first communication satellite, Bangabandhu-1, is on its way to its orbital slot in space. With the launch of Bangabandhu-1, Bangladesh became the 57th country in the world and fourth in South Asia -- after India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- to have its own satellite in space.

The figures are alarming. Every year, an estimated Tk 6,000 crore worth of yaba is sold in the country, which would come to 30 crore pieces of the drug. It is a back-of-the-envelope calculation. Last year, 40 million pills were seized by different agencies, which according to standard calculation is about 10 percent of the total drug that got into the market.

Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Ltd (BIFC), a non-bank financial institution or NBFI, faces liquidation as it has failed to pay back loans and deposits of Tk 640 crore to 19 banks and seven NBFIs.

Bangabandhu-1 is likely to be on the way to its orbit by the time you read this report.

Israel said it attacked nearly all of Iran's military infrastructure in Syria yesterday after Iranian forces fired rockets at Israeli-held territory for the first time.

Electioneering for the postponed prestigious battle of ballots in Gazipur City Corporation is now set to resume after the Eid-ul-Fitr with the voting to be held any day in the last week of next month.

The Election Commission has sent an official of joint secretary rank to Khulna to “assist” the returning officer, who is said to be a former leader of Chhatra Dal, during the upcoming city corporation polls.

Malaysia's veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92, won a shock election victory yesterday, in a political earthquake that toppled the country's scandal-plagued premier and ousted a regime that has ruled for over six decades.

The government is going to hike water, gas and electricity prices soon.

Bangladesh remains an overwhelmingly cash-based society despite a host of measures by the central bank to facilitate digital

This is the tale of a strange legal battle over something that has no existence for decades.

The cost of digging a new canal in Chittagong city has quadrupled in three years due to delay in getting the funds in full for the project deemed critical for alleviating the city's waterlogging problem.

Yesterday's Supreme Court hearing on the two appeals against Khaleda Zia's HC bail order in a corruption case witnessed commotion from a section of lawyers.

An Awami League leader of Savar upazila has played tricks on a High Court bench to get the Gazipur City Corporation polls stayed for three months.

The school has a teacher-student ratio way above the country's average; in fact, much above the international average as well. With five teachers for 114 students or 22 students for every teacher, the students should have been well groomed.

Bangladesh has ruled out a serious allegation brought by Pakistan that Dhaka Declaration of the 45th OIC Council of Foreign Ministers was issued without any discussion with participating states.

The Supreme Court will today hear two government petitions filed against the High Court bail order of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case.

Police recovered throat-slit bodies of four men from a paddy field near Duboier Beel area in the district's Shibganj upazila yesterday.