RAJSHAHI : The devastating flood has furthermore triggered the extent of sorrows and sufferings of the poor and distressed people in char areas of Chapainawabgonj and Rajshahi districts, reports BS

Panchagarh: The district unit of Samajtantrik Chhatra Front (SCF) formed a human chain in the town on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the move to construct a coal-based thermal power plant in Ram

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved nine projects worth Tk 6,720 crore including a Tk 175 crore project for the construction of 156 flood shelters i

Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday fined a printing and packaging factory Tk 5 lakh for illegal sand filling and encroaching a river channel in Narayanganj, reports UNB.

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Food Safety Bill, 2013 keeping provision of maximum five years imprisonment or Tk 500,000 fine for adulteration of food, reports UNB.

Bangladesh has successfully reduced deaths from malaria by 60 per cent, a target it had originally set to achieve by 2015, experts said at a roundtable in Dhaka on Sunday, reports BSS.

Non-communicable diseases take increasing toll in South Asia as the region continues to grapple with diseases of poverty, said a World Bank press release here on Wednesday, reports BSS

The government of Bangladesh, along with Nepal and Bhutan, has joined the “Strengthening Regional Cooperation in Wildlife Protection in Asia” project to conserve wildlife and check illegal wildlife

The Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday fined a washing and dying factory in Narayanganj Tk 11 lakh for polluting the water of the Dhaleshwari River, reports UNB.

: With continuous onrush of floodwater from upstream for more than a week, the Padma river has now become closer to its danger mark affecting around 6,000 people and devouring 273 dwelling houses i