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Since 2015, the United States (US) has been assisting a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which is at war with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi...
At the first Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Asia and the Pacific in 2014, governments committed to 'Get everyone in the picture,' through strengthening CRVS...
Although the rate of child marriage has decreased in the country due to various government initiatives, child marriage rate in Bhola district is still worrying. The rate of under-15 child...
ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদী বাংলাদেশ সফরে এসে গোপালগঞ্জের ওড়াকান্দি মতুয়া ঠাকুরবাড়িতে যাওয়ায় তাঁর কঠোর সমালোচনা করেছেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। বাংলাদেশে একটি বিশেষ শ্রেণির মানুষের জন্য মোদী ভোট চাইতে গিয়েছেন-...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday underlined that both Bangladesh and India want to see the progress of the whole world through their own development and progress. Both countries...
A giant container ship grounded in the Suez Canal could be freed by the start of next week if heavier tugboats, dredging and a high tide succeed in dislodging it,...
The Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Saturday signed a 25-year cooperation agreement between the two allies in a ceremony carried live on state television. “Our relations with Iran will...
ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদীর সঙ্গে শীর্ষ বৈঠকে বসেছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা, যার পর দুই দেশের মধ্যে কয়েকটি সমঝোতা স্মারক স্বাক্ষর হওয়ার কথা রয়েছে। শনিবার বিকালে ঢাকায় প্রধানমন্ত্রীর কার্যালয়ে দুই নেতার...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart have met in a summit in Dhaka after which Bangladesh and India will sign several memoranda of understanding. The two leaders are...
The Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) launched a four-day ‘Startup Incubation Program’ at the Rangpur divisional level. The activities of ‘Startup Rangpur’ were...
The launch in India of a new COVID-19 vaccine developed jointly by the Serum Institute of India and US-based biotech firm Novavax is likely to be delayed to September, the...
Leading global financial publication AsiaMoney has honoured City Bank with ‘Best Digital Bank in Bangladesh 2021’ award for its outstanding contributions in digital banking in Bangladesh. According to a press...
বছরের পর বছর ধরে চলা বাংলাদেশ দলের শিক্ষা সফরের গাড়ি এখন পৌঁছেছে হ্যামিল্টনে। এখানেই শুরু নিউ জিল্যান্ডের বিপক্ষে টি-টোয়েন্টি সিরিজ। আপাতত এই গাড়ির চালক মাহমুদউল্লাহ। বাংলাদেশের টি-টোয়েন্টি অধিনায়ক শোনালেন দলের...
The government has deployed members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at different parts of the country, including the capital, for assisting the civil administration. Lieutenant Colonel Faizur Rahman, director (operation)...
Bangladesh has logged 3,674 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count since Jul 2, taking the tally of infections to 591,806. The death toll climbed to 8,869 after...
Myanmar's security forces shot and killed at least 50 protesters on Saturday, news reports and witnesses said, a brutal crackdown on dissent that came as the leader of the ruling...
Veteran Singer Namita Ghosh, a vocalist for Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, died in Dhaka on Saturday. She was 63. Namita breathed her last at a hospital in the capital. She...
The following report appeared on theguardian.com on March 26 2021. On the banks of the Buriganga, Old Dhaka’s boatmen only ever rest a moment before making their return journey, endlessly...
Any scenario of 2071, the year Bangladesh celebrates the centennial of its independence, is an imaginary situation but we still can dream of progress and then start pursuing whatever people...
The World Bank on Friday approved US$250 million financing for Bangladesh aimed at recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. A WB news release issued from Washington said this financing would help...
Stopovers of trains at Brahmanbaria Railway Station will remain suspended until further notice following the attack in the station, an official of the Railway Ministry said on Saturday. Several hundreds...
Tenants Council (Baratia Parishad) in Dhaka on Saturday demanded the arrest of unscrupulous traders for their alleged involvement in raising the prices of essential commodities ahead of the upcoming holy...
Voting began in Assam and West Bengal on Saturday in state elections that will show how support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding up following a coronavirus-stricken year,...
Amidst this latest round of displacement due to the fire at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, UNICEF urged the international community to step up its funding support for their...
Social inequality has been rising as educational institutions have remained closed across the country since March 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, experts said at a webinar recently. They spoke at...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place in Tungipara on the second day of his Bangladesh visit. Modi reached...
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits with Bangladesh head of the government Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka this (Saturday) afternoon. They are expected to have "substantive discussions" with the focus...
‘আমরা কি টাকা জমানোর জন্য বাঁচি?’ বিখ্যাত মানুষ, কিংবা এখনকার ভাষায় সেলেব্রিটিদের মনে এ ধরনের প্রশ্ন কখনো-কখনো আসাটা খুব বিচিত্র কি? মনে হয় না। এ ধরনের জীবনমুখী প্রশ্ন মাথায় খেলে...
Myanmar’s security forces shot and killed at least 16 protesters on Saturday, news reports and witnesses said, as the leader of the ruling junta said the military will protect the...
Sachin Tendulkar, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently in home isolation in Mumbai. This was...
Over the years FIFA has been opposed to players, teams and fans engaging in protests or sloganeering but it seems global football’s governing body is perhaps now prepared to tolerate...
Dominion Voting Systems Corp said it filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, accusing it of trying to boost its ratings by falsely claiming the company...
Security forces opened fire at a crowd protesting outside a police station in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon in the early hours of Saturday and at least four people were killed,...
Every Saturday, Shankar Yadav dusts off an old bike and pedals to work, reliving his carefree schooldays and hoping fellow Indians will join him in ditching cars to protect the...
Yacouba Sawadogo murmurs advice to his sons as they press a sapling into the red earth using a centuries-old technique that he has adapted to conjure a forest from Burkina...
Marcelo Toledo usually creates sculptures and jewelry out of metal. Now the Argentine artist is working with a new material: waste masks and syringes from the COVID-19 pandemic to create...
The World Health Organization urged countries on Friday to donate Covid-19 vaccine doses to inoculate the most vulnerable in 20 poorer nations after India, a key supplier to the agency’s...
French households feasted on cheese last year as they turned to home cooking and sought gastronomic comfort during coronavirus lockdowns that shuttered the restaurant trade. The amount of cheese purchased...
Larry McMurtry, who wrote of complex relationships in novels such as “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment,” and then helped redefine the American Old West with the epic...
After eight people were killed in last week’s shootings at three Atlanta-area spas, including six women of Asian descent, Stefany Stuber sat down to talk to her seven-year-old daughter, Olivia....
German carrier Lufthansa is reconsidering its decision to cancel an agreement that allows passengers of smaller rival Condor to use Lufthansa feeder flights as part of their journey to holiday...
The United States on Friday condemned what it called a “state-led” social media campaign in China against US and other international companies for deciding not to use cotton from China’s...
Stellantis NV and Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio became the latest carmakers to announce new production cuts as a result of a global semiconductor chip shortage. Stellantis said on Friday...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) would give priority to local industries in the upcoming budget for next fiscal year (FY2021-22), aiming to boost domestic production and reduce import dependence,...
The central bank has revised policy on agency commission for handling vessels - aiming to save foreign currency in foreign trade transportation, officials said. Under the revised policy, local shipping...
Pursuit of happiness has been made a matter of rights of individuals in the statecraft of the West. However, when the whole world has shown euphoria about growth of GDP...
Stocks plunged further for the second straight week as worried investors continued to dump their holdings amid fears over impact of the fresh wave of Covid-19 virus due to rising...
Bangladesh has gradually been readying its physical infrastructure for establishing connectivity with its neighbouring countries for the last 50 years but experts are still sceptical of a win-win situation. Academicians...
Edible oil, sugar and some essentials became costlier last week increasing sufferings of the commoners who had already dug deep into their pockets to meet the rising cost of living...
More than 100 new ready-made garment (RMG) factories are running in buildings that the government authorities previously found unsafe for operation. According to officials, the remediation coordination cell (RCC) under...
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