Acting Speaker, Nepal envoy agree on revitalising SAARC

Acting Speaker of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Barrister Kayser Kamal and Nepal’s Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari today expressed optimism that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) could ...

Malaysia to prioritise processing Bangladeshi worker applications from first week of August

High-level discussions between Bangladesh and Malaysia have made significant progress towards finalising a framework for recruiting Bangladeshi workers through a specified number of licences, with the protection of workers’ interests, ...

Myanmar agrees to take back 300,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh, 5,000 from Malaysia

Myanmar has agreed to receive 300,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and another 5,000 from Malaysia as part of a repatriation effort, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday.Anwar said ...

Contractors to be blacklisted for irregularities in development work: State Minister

State Minister for Housing and Public Works Ahmmad Sohel Monzoor on Wednesday warned that tenders of contractor firms would be cancelled if they fail to complete project work with honesty ...

Smiling boy who won hearts meets PM Tarique Rahman

The smiling schoolboy whose radiant grin captured the hearts of people across the country has met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.Tahsin Abdullah, whose photograph with the Prime Minister at the closing ...

DCCI president calls for integrated water-trade policy to save Bangladesh's dying canal network

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Taskeen Ahmed on Wednesday called for a long-term, performance-based public-private partnership (PPP) framework to reverse decades of decline in Bangladesh's rivers and ...

Bangladesh has only 189 tigers left, species faces existential threat: State Minister

Bangladesh currently has a total of 189 tigers, including those in the Sundarbans, the country's only tiger habitat, and in zoos across the nation, which is not sufficient to protect ...

PM reviews earthquake preparedness measures

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today reviewed the government’s overall preparedness plans and progress regarding earthquake response, including forming a national taskforce, preparing one lakh volunteers and strengthening emergency coordination mechanisms. The ...

US military launches 'powerful' retaliatory strikes on Iran

The United States military launched "powerful" strikes on Iran on Thursday, in retaliation for Tehran's attacks targeting US bases in Jordan as the Middle East war reignited and again drew ...

El Salvador issues 1,048-year sentences to gang members

A court in El Salvador has given individual prison sentences exceeding 1,000 years to gang members convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes, the Attorney General's office said ...