Acting foreign secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique on Tuesday said that the Bangladesh foreign ministry had some responsibility for not taking place an expected meeting between interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and British prime minister Keir Starmer in London during his June 10-13 visit to the United Kingdom...
THE neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya 鈥� and who were never held accountable for the profligate waste of $8 trillion taxpayer dollars, as well as $69 billion squandered in Ukraine 鈥� look set to lure us into yet another military fiasco with Iran...
Iran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel on Saturday, wounding several people in residential buildings, while Israel said it was striking Tehran.
Communist Party of Bangladesh general secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince on Thursday termed the proposed April timeline for the national election as 鈥榰nnecessary delay,鈥� and reiterated his party鈥檚 demand, shared by other democratic forces, to hold the polls within December.
The education ministry has published an advertisement in different newspapers, calling applications from eligible persons for the vice-chancellor positions at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology and the University of Barishal.
The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday said that chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 announcement of holding the next general election in the first half of April 2026 did not reflect people鈥檚 aspirations...
The foreign ministers of five Arab countries who had planned to visit the occupied West Bank this weekend on Saturday condemned Israel鈥檚 decision to block their plans...
Afghanistan has welcomed the decision to upgrade diplomatic relations with Pakistan, where the Taliban government鈥檚 foreign minister is due to travel in the coming days, his office said on Saturday...
Officers from 25 cadres outside the administration cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service on Tuesday began a two-day pen-down protest against the dominance of the administration cadre as well as the suspension of and departmental actions against 12 officers from these cadres...
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...
The NBR Reform Unity Council on Sunday withdrew its previously announced full-fledged strike and welcomed the government鈥檚 announcement that all necessary amendments to Revenue Policy and Administration Reform Ordinance, 2025, will be made by July 31.
A COUPLE of weeks after Israel began its campaign of terror in Gaza two Octobers ago, a journalist and novelist named Omar El Akkad published a note on X, formerly known as Twitter, that has stayed with me ever since:...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday assigned secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique to carry out the routine works of the foreign secretary until further notice as foreign secretary left his responsibilities...
Officers from 25 cadres outside the administration cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service on Tuesday resumed their movement protesting at the dominance of the administration cadre and the suspension of and departmental actions against 12 officers from the 25 cadres.
The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday expressed its suspicion about reaching a national charter, criticising the interim government for risking the consensus building by overstepping its state reform mandate...
The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Monday honoured the captain, first officer and a cabin crew member of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight for their professionalism and composure in safely landing an aircraft after one of its rear wheels detached mid-air.
The US government on Tuesday announced fresh funding cuts to Harvard, a day after the elite school鈥檚 president said it shared 鈥榗ommon ground鈥� with the Trump administration on many issues...
An extortionist allegedly shot a plant nursery owner on Tuesday in broad daylight at Gulshan in Dhaka city after he refused to pay extortion money...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday urged the National Consensus Commission to advance only crucial reforms needed for credible elections so that the next parliament could fulfill the aspirations underlying the July 2024 uprising...
Left politician and author Haider Akbar Khan Rano worked for social changes, an educationist and political leaders said at a commemoration meeting on the first anniversary of his death on Sunday...
THE recent release of the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission鈥檚 report has reignited the debate around women鈥檚 rights in Bangladesh. Several religious political parties have united in protest against the Commission鈥檚 proposal for gender-equal inheritance and other reforms, demanding its outright rejection. Ironically, the July uprising 鈥� once a platform for...
The Trump administration said Monday it will pay for the travel and give $1,000 to undocumented migrants who 鈥榮elf-deport鈥� back to their home country.
Australia鈥檚 left-leaning prime minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a 鈥榙isciplined, orderly鈥� government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil...
The government has decided to introduce online application for dual citizenships certificate by annulling the existing offline provision from May 16 next.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday requested everyone not to trust, share, or engage with any posts or messages from its Facebook page, hacked on Saturday, until its full recovery...
Voters have handed Singapore鈥檚 long-time ruling party a landslide election victory, offering prime minister Lawrence Wong a clear mandate to navigate the trade-orientated Southeast Asian nation through economic upheaval sparked by looming US tariffs...
The government on Friday said that retired major general ALM Fazlur Rahman鈥檚 recent social media remarks suggesting Bangladesh to occupy seven states in India鈥檚 northeast in case India would attack Pakistan were his personal views.
Amid the criticism over the removal of two personal staff of two advisers from their posts, now the personal secretary to the energy, power and mineral resources adviser, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, has been removed from his post, citing no reason.
Pakistan鈥檚 army said Sunday its soldiers killed 54 militants who had tried to enter the country by crossing its northwestern border with Afghanistan...
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba left Sunday for a four-day trip to Vietnam and the Philippines, as Tokyo seeks to shore up regional ties after Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff onslaught...