Japan to recruit 1,00,000 Bangladeshi workers in 5yrs
Japanese authorities and businesses on Thursday announced plans to recruit at least 1,00,000 workers from Bangladesh in the next five years to meet the country鈥檚 growing labourers鈥� shortage.
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Dhaka, Tokyo ink MoUs to develop Bangladeshi manpower
Bangladesh and Japan on Thursday signed two Memorandums of Understanding to develop Bangladeshi manpower and send those to Japan.
Yunus seeks Mahathir鈥檚 help for Bangladesh鈥檚 ASEAN membership
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad to help Bangladesh in its bid to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
World passing time of uncertainty, global trust at risk: Professor Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that global trust is at risk now as the world is passing a time of great uncertainty...
Fahamedul, Hamza, Shamit get call-up for Singapore tie
Bangladesh national football team coach Javier Cabrera on Wednesday called up three expatriate footballers, Hamza Choudhury, Fahamedul Islam and Shamit Shome, in the 26-member preliminary squad for their AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers against Singapore on June 10...
Polls must be held by Dec: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said that the national election must be held by December this year and asked the party leaders and activists to begin preparations to make sure that the election was held within the timeframe...
Prof Yunus renews pledge to hold polls between Dec 2025 and June 2026
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday reiterated that a general election will be held in Bangladesh by June next year under any circumstances to carry forward the reform initiatives taken by the current interim government...
CA Yunus arrives in Tokyo on four-day official tour
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon in Japan on a four-day official visit.
Investigation if disappearance victims remain in India: Odhikar
The human rights organisation Odhikar on Tuesday demanded diplomatic negotiations between the Bangladesh government and Indian authorities to investigate whether additional victims of enforced disappearance remained in India as some of previously disappeared individuals were later found there...
BBS projects 3.9pc GDP growth, $2,820 per capita income in FY25
Bangladesh's gross domestic product will grow by 3.92 per cent in the outgoing financial year 2024-25, raising the per capita income to $2,820...
Unhappy BNP decries no polls road map
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday expressed disappointment over a government statement released after meetings with political parties, saying it did not include a clear plan for the upcoming national election...
Bangladesh-Singapore match tickets sold out
All the tickets for the Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers between Bangladesh and Singapore have been sold out, as the Bangladesh Football Federation鈥檚 ticket-selling partner Tickify鈥檚 websites showed on Tuesday...
Japan loses status as top creditor
Japan has lost its position as the world鈥檚 top creditor after 34 years, falling behind Germany, even as its net external assets last year hit a record high, officials said Tuesday...
CA keen to turn Maheshkhali-Matarbari into Singapore-like developed port area
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus wants to turn Maheshkhali-Matarbari into a developed port area like Singapore as Japan is keen to invest there, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Tuesday.
Prof Yunus to leave for Tokyo tonight
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka early Wednesday on a four-day official visit to Japan to attend the 30th Nikkei Forum and hold talks with Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba to boost bilateral cooperation.
BNP seeks specific roadmap for national polls by Dec
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has demanded an immediate announcement of a specific roadmap for the formation of a national parliament by December through fair elections.
Azhar鈥檚 death sentence overturned
The Appellate Division on Tuesday overturned its 2019 judgement that had upheld the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the 1971 liberation war...
MBUST inaugurates Japanese Language Centre
Dr Momtaz Begum University of Science and Technology inaugurated Japanese Language Centre at the university at Banshgari under Bhairab in Kishoreganj on Sunday...
Japan says US tariff talks to 鈥榓ccelerate鈥�
The United States and Japan agreed in their latest tariff negotiations to 鈥榓ccelerate鈥� efforts towards an agreement, Tokyo said Monday...
State must play role to stop culture of disappearances: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday said that the culture of disappearances had to be stopped and the state had to play a strong role in that regard to uphold human rights...
Mbappe adds a little lustre to Real season with Golden Shoe
Real Madrid may have won no trophies, but their French Galactico Kylian Mbappe ended his first season in Spain by collecting two individual scoring awards: the European Golden Shoe and the award for top scorer in La Liga.
Dhaka expects $1b budget support聽from Tokyo聽
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to pay his first official visit to Japan in May 28-31, expecting a deal on around $1 billion in budget support for Bangladesh besides his other engagements in boosting bilateral cooperation between the two nations.
Genocide and engineered collapse of Gazan society
CONSEQUENT to the escalated Zionist genocide of Indigenous Palestinian people, and after a blockade of all goods since the beginning of March 2025, Gaza is experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis, with widespread food scarcity and starvation among its population. Human rights organizations and international agencies report the Israeli blockade has led to...
Action should follow oversight to address apparel sector wage
THE Industrial Police has identified 198 apparel factories to be risky where the payment of wages and the festival allowance may remain uncertain before Eid-ul-Azha, likely to be celebrated in the first week of June. The police say that the number of factories, in the preliminary list so far, that might not pay wages and the allowance in time could finally vary. The apparel...
BPA urges inclusion of Rehabilitation Council Act in health reform report
Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association, the national platform of physiotherapy professionals and a member of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council, on Saturday called for the inclusion of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council Act in the recently submitted Health Reform Commission report.
Mbappe double as Real wave goodbye to Ancelotti, Modric
Kylian Mbappe virtually wrapped up the European Golden Shoe award with a brace as Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-0 on Saturday, on an emotional home farewell to Carlo Ancelotti and Luka Modric.
EZ products not exempted from VAT, rules AD
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that products, including edible oil, sugar, cement, and iron, manufactured in the country鈥檚 economic zones are not exempted from value-added tax, overturning a High Court verdict that had declared such taxation illegal...
Political elites ruin capital market, destroy small-scale investors: Debapriya
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Saturday said that political elites had long manipulated the country鈥檚 capital market and political interference devastated the small- and medium-scale investors...
Russia strikes Kyiv amid POW exchange with Ukraine
A massive Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv Saturday wounded at least 15 people, even as Russia and Ukraine continued the biggest prisoner swap since the start of Moscow鈥檚 invasion...
41 Australian MPs write to Yunus for clear election road map
Forty-one Australian senators and members of parliament in a letter to Bangladesh interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus have called for an urgent announcement of a clear and specific electoral roadmap.