Dhaka, Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
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...
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 within the s...
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...
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...
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 Co...
Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl IGP) Barrister Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain today formally assumed charge as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Earlier, he served as D...
More than 9,000 people were in evacuation centres early Wednesday after a major quake hit southwestern Japan, the government said."We have received reports of seven people with serious injuries and 29...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has sought Malaysia’s assistance, including through PETRONAS, to help meet the country’s urgent LNG needs amid ongoing gas supply constraints according to a so...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said his government considers ensuring quality education for every student in the country as one of its top priorities.“To this end, integrated initiatives, effecti...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today urged Japan to recruit more skilled Bangladeshi workers while seeking more active Japanese cooperation in human resource development, skills enhancement and increas...
Social Welfare Minister Dr AZM Zahid Hossain on Tuesday said if advanced treatment for hepatitis B can be ensured within the country, it will reduce patients' tendency to travel abroad for treatment a...
Malaysia’s labour market will be reopened for Bangladeshi workers within the next two days following further discussions, Malaysian Human Resources Minister M. Ramanan said Tuesday.“Following discussi...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today assured full government support for testing, quality validation and commercial production of locally developed ventilators and high-flow oxygen machines, reaffirmin...
Acting President Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, today received his first ceremonial salute and held his first official engagements at Bangabhaban after taking charge.On his arrival at Bangabhaban arou...
US President Donald Trump on Monday voiced optimism at the prospects for a negotiated peace deal with Iran, as the two sides held their fire for a third consecutive day.Fighting between the longtime f...
The US State Department confirmed Monday that the next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon will be held in Rome on August 4 through 6, as Israel prepares to withdraw from two "pilot zones" in so...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested five individuals along with firearms and locally made weapons in the Kaijla area of Ramkantapur in Rajbari Sadar upazila.The recovered firearms included a...
The death toll from monsoon rains and flash floods in Pakistan over the past month has crossed 100, while weather forecasters warned that more heavy rain is expected across the country later this week...
Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Monday announced that booth rental fees will be waived for small entrepreneurs participating in international trade fairs to help boost the country’s expo...
Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the China Economic and Industrial Zone (CEIZ) in Anwara, Chattogram is expected to attract investments over one billion US dollars. ...