No travel ban issued against Benazir anywhere: FM
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said that former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed could travel anywhere in the world as no travel ban had been issued against him anywhere....
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Modi eyes victory as Kejriwal sent back to jail
A top opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting 鈥榙ictatorship鈥� before he returned to jail Sunday, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the Hindu-nationalist leader...
Coming budget will widen inequality: CPB
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Sunday at a press conference said that the proposed budget for financial year 2024-25 would widen inequality and the rich would be richer while the poor would be poorer...
Bangladesh FM calls for coordinated int鈥檒 efforts to resolve Rohingya crisis
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has called for addressing the ongoing conflict in Rakhine state and taking a coordinated international action to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar from Bangladesh....
20 drown in boat accident in eastern Afghanistan
Twenty people, including children, drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan鈥檚 eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said....
Rano鈥檚 ideals to be followed to establish exploitation-free country: discussion
Left leaders on Friday at a commemoration meeting said that ideals of Haider Akbar Khan Rano would have to be followed to establish a democratic and exploitation-free Bangladesh...
India鈥檚 Modi to meditate for 45-hours at Vivekananda Rock memorial
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is all set to begin his near two-day meditation exercise at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari from Thursday, reports The Week....
Young Afghan side 'among the favourites' for T20 World Cup
A young Afghan side with an average age of just 25 have vowed to give audiences back home rare cause for jubilation at the T20 World Cup after a breakthrough performance at the 50-over showpiece.
PM assures to provide all kinds of assistance for Remal affected people
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that her party Awami League was always sincerely dedicated to the development of Bangladesh and its people....
PM Hasina seeks Finland鈥檚 assistance to continue GSP+ facilities
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought assistance from Finland to continue GSP+ advantages from the European Union for few more years to smoothen Bangladesh's journey towards prosperity after its graduation to a developing country from LDC.....
Bangladesh becomes role model in establishing global peace: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that Bangladesh had become a role model in establishing global peace, reiterating her call to stop ongoing wars solve all problems through dialogue and channelised the money used in arms races for the welfare of mankind...
Adani assured of arrear payment聽
Finance minister Abul Hasaan Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said that the government would clear arrears on power purchases from the Adani Group of India...
PM visits Remal-hit Kalapara today
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will visit cyclone Remal-hit areas in Kalapara of Patuakhali on Thursday...
Thaksin to face trial for royal insult
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be prosecuted for insulting the monarchy, the attorney general鈥檚 office said Wednesday, over comments he made almost a decade ago...
Another Purba Bangla Communist Party leader held over MP Anar murder
Saiful Alam Member, the second-in-command to Shimul Bhuiyan, a leader of the defunct extremist group Purba Bangla Communist Party, has been arrested by Detective Branch of police in connection with the murder of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar...
FM to meet UN chief marking Int鈥檒 Day of UN Peacekeepers
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud will attend the UN programme in New York marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on May 30....
PM for speedily repair of Remal affected damaged embankments
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to speedily repair the damaged embankments in the coastal areas due to the recent tropical cyclone Remal that lashed the country....
Selim Pradhan for actions against land grabbers, extortionists
Selim Pradhan, chairman of Japan-Bangladesh Group, now on bail following his arrest as an online casino kingpin, urged the government to take actions against alleged land grabbers, extortionists, and drug peddlers in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj...
Russia to remove Taliban from 鈥榯error鈥� list
Russia will remove the Taliban from a list of banned terrorist organisations, three years after they returned to power in Afghanistan, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said on Monday....
Commerce ministry and VCPEAB to boost venture capital and startups together
A five-member delegation from Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) had a meeting with state minister for commerce affairs, Ahasanul Islam Titu, at Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka on Sunday, said a press release....
Army can take action against its former chief Aziz Ahmed: finance minister
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Sunday said that the army could take action against former Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed.....
Finance minister for crackdown on loan defaulters
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Sunday said that the next course of action should be launching crackdown on loan defaulters after the exchange rate problem was almost fixed...
To Lahore, with love
SO MANY trips back and forth from the US to Pakistan ever since I 鈥榣eft鈥� Lahore on September 12, 1979. My 21st birthday. I was off to conquer the world, become the free and independent woman I had always dreamt of being, away from the strictures of desi patriarchy...
PM Hasina witnesses draft copy of documentary 鈥楳ujib in Calcutta鈥�
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday witnessed the draft copy of the documentary titled 鈥楳ujib in Calcutta鈥� made projecting the Kolkata part of Bangladesh鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman鈥檚 life.....
Govt may roll back austerity steps as earlier steps fail
The finance ministry is likely to narrow down focuses on austerity steps in the coming national budget following pressures from other ministries and...
BNP, Jamaat introduce reign of drugs, arms smuggling: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the BNP-Jamaat alliance government had given nothing to the people but rather introduced the reign of...
CPB demands end of AL misrule
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, at a rally in Dhaka on Friday, said that the Awami League had imposed a fascist rule in the country, seizing the voting rights of the people...
Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan鈥檚 children
The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the...
Plot on for a Christian state involving parts of Bangladesh, Myanmar: PM
Bangladesh prime minister and ruling Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that a conspiracy continued to make a Christian state comprising the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and a part of bordering Myanmar.
Afghans and Tajiks mix in rare but vital border market
For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance to cross the border into neighbouring Tajikistan and pick up food and household goods...