Indian commandos shot dead at least eight Maoist rebels in the dense jungles of central India yesterday, as security forces ramp up efforts to crush the long-running conflict.

Renowned Lalon singer Farida Parveen has been admitted to hospital with severe respiratory distress. Her husband, instrumentalist Gazi Abdul Hakim, told the daily Prothom Alo that she was taken to the ...

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists.

The latest Indian budget enhanced the assistance by 28.5 percent to the Maldives to Rs 600 crore from Rs 400 crore in the previous budget ...

VSHORADS is a manually-portable air defence missile system designed and developed indigenously which has the capability to meet the needs of army, navy and air force, it said in a statement ...

A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official yesterday said that the board has decided to form an independent inquiry body to support the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) investigations regarding the alleged ...

At least 20 individuals, believed to be Bangladeshi nationals, have died in a boat tragedy in the Mediterranean off the ...

Social safety net programmes, such as Open Market Sales (OMS) and Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF), provided less help to the ...

Social businesses are designed to address societal needs rather than generate personal profit, Chief Adviser Professor ...

A panel of the NBR has suggested the introduction of an e-invoicing system to collect value-added tax (VAT) to establish transparency in the collection of the indirect tax, the biggest source of ...

A rise in both income from investments and profits from associated companies helped Square Pharmaceuticals post a 26 percent year-on-year rise in net profit in the October-December period of fiscal ...

The 12th installation ceremony of the Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) Chattogram Chapter was held in the port city ...