Dhaka, Bangladesh News

Aiming to raise $1 million for Bangladesh's underprivileged slum children, a Portuguese woman ran seven 50-kilometre ultra-marathons in seven continents in less than seven weeks since January's end this year.

A Bangladesh court sent the country's second most senior opposition leader to jail on Sunday, a prosecutor said, a move set to trigger renewed protests in the politically volatile nation.

Creativity, fortunately, has still not been declared a property of the rich and wealthy.

In Kolkata last week, it was reminiscences on music, indeed on old songs, that some of my friends and I went into.

Strategy analysts yesterday said the country's intelligence agencies had failed to respond appropriately in times of crises on several occasions in the past and called for creation of an apex body to coordinate intelligence efforts.

There was a sleepy little town named Dacca once upon a time. The roads were narrow, with rows of date palms and mango trees on either side of them.

Artists perform at a colourful cultural programme after a seminar on Bangladesh-China business outlook, organised by HSBC and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh, at Radisson Hotel in Dhaka on Friday.

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Dhaka, celebrated its fourth anniversary with the staging of Tagore's comedy "Sheshrokkha" by theatre troupe Natyajan at the Main Auditorium of the Bangladesh National Museum on March 14. Sandeep Chakravorty, Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Dhaka and Aly Zaker, distinguished cultural activist ... (more)

The process to begin paying compensation to the victims of the Rana Plaza collapse is less than two weeks away, but only seven of the 28 international brands linked to garment factories in the building have contributed to a fund.

'I did not take leaving my full-time job lightly. I recognized that it was a huge risk.

The seed fund is investing an undisclosed amount in ChalDal , an online grocery site based in Dhaka and founded last year by Waseem Alim, Tejas Viswanath and Zia Ashraf.

Agartala, March 13 : After the Indian border guards started using non-lethal weapons, crimes along the India-Bangladesh border have increased, an official said here Thursday.

Like many before it, struggling retailer American Apparel 's latest campaign has stirred plenty of controversy.

A Bangladeshi man who for decades walked daily from dawn to dusk in the capital Dhaka, trailed by believers of his supposed healing powers, died on Thursday, police said.

WAM DHAKA, 13th March, 2014 -- U.A.E. Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Saeed bin Hajar Al Shehi, met today with Bangladesh's Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister, Rashed Khan Menon.

Almost a year after the deadly Rana Plaza garment factory collapse outside Dhaka, international inspections reveal most factories still need to drastically improve working conditions Overloaded ceilings, exposed cables, too few fire alarms and sprinklers, and locked emergency exits are just a few of the hazards that international safety inspectors ... (more)

The last whistle for the day had been blown as the sun slowly withdrew its stretched arm to conceal itself behind shade of the banyan trees at BKSP.

Akboria Grand Hotel, situated near Shatmatha in Bogra, a district in the northern part of Bangladesh, is celebrating a century as a business entity and for its humanitarian and social services.

In celebration of the French Language and the cultural diversity of the Francophone community, Dhaka and Chittagong are resonating again to the vibrant sounds of promoting the shared values of "La Francophonie": respect for the rule of law and human rights, gender equality, solidarity and cultural diversity.

Journalist leaders come out of a court room at the High Court in the capital on Wednesday.