A recent study found presence of a high level of lead in blood of 80 per cent children of Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj.

A mild earthquake shook up parts of Dhaka, Sylhet and Bangladesh’s north-east on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.

Japan has diverted its suspended $400 million credit programme for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project to the elevated Metro Railway project.

The cabinet on Monday approved in principle a draft bill proposing imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of Tk five lakh as the maximum punishment for illegal possession of formalin.

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the country’s first-ever metro rail project, to open up a new era in the country’s communication system.

Dhaka and New Delhi are likely to begin high-level talks in November on possibilities of producing hydro-electricity in the Indian state of of Arunachal by a joint investment and power transmission

Government officials and experts in a programme on Wednesday stressed extending safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities to the rural and lower-income group-inhabited areas to ensure imp

Officials of Dhaka University and United Nations Children’s Fund, Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with a view to promoting health and nutrition, child protection, water

Department of Environment on Thursday fined a private hospital and a diagnostic centre Tk 4.5 lakh for violation of environment laws.

The National Committee on Thursday rejected prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s claim that the Rampal coal-based thermal power plant would not harm the environment.