Starmer urges world leaders to test for HIV
Keir Starmer has urged other world leaders to take an HIV test, after becoming the first serving British prime minister and G7 leader to take a public test on camera...
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Anti-Muslim hate speech surges in India
Hate speech in India targeting the country's religious minorities saw a 鈥榮taggering鈥� surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said Monday.
Delhi鈥檚 remarks on Dhanmondi 32 unexpected: Dhaka
Bangladesh on Sunday reacted to India鈥檚 remarks over the demolition of historic Dhanmondi-32 residence and described those remarks from India as 鈥榰nexpected and undesirable鈥�...
PUBLIC ADMIN REFORM: Cluster-based ministries proposed
The public administration reform commission, in its full report published on Saturday, recommended cluster-based ministries to boost officials鈥� efficiency and skills.
PUBLIC ADMIN REFORMS: Ultimatum issued to revise recommendations
The Inter-Cadre Discrimination Elimination Council on Saturday issued a seven-day ultimatum demanding that the 50 per cent quota for the administration cadre in the deputy secretary pool, as recommended by the Public Administration Reform Commission, be scrapped...
Modi鈥檚 BJP celebrates landslide New Delhi win
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that 鈥榙evelopment had won鈥� as his Hindu nationalist party took back control of the capital province Delhi in local elections...
CPB calls for building society free of discrimination
Leftist leaders on Friday at a commemoration meeting emphasised that a society free from discrimination and repression could be built by following the ideals of veteran labour leader and former Communist Party of Bangladesh president Shahidullah Chowdhury.
Experts sceptical about success of provincial govt
A provincial government system, as proposed by the public administration reform commission on Wednesday, would create multi-dimensional complexities in the country鈥檚 unitary governance system, public administration experts have observed.
No role in Hasina鈥檚 attributed remarks, says India
India on Friday said that the comments attributed to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina were made in her individual capacity in which India had no role to play.
Three arrested with 11 endangered capped langurs
The Forest Department and the Dhaka district administration on Thursday arrested three individuals and seized 11 endangered capped langurs (Trachypithecus pileatus) during a raid in Jatrabari鈥檚 Matuail Shamimbagh area...
TRUMP鈥橲 GAZA 鈥楻IVIERA鈥� PROPOSAL: A reckless real estate fantasy
ON FEBRUARY 4, in a press conference alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US president Donald Trump unveiled a plan as audacious as it is alarming: the United States would 鈥榯ake over鈥� the Gaza Strip, forcibly displace its 1.8 million Palestinian residents and redevelop the territory into a luxury enclave he dubbed 鈥榯he Riviera of the...
Yunus urges all to accept reform reports
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called upon all concerned to accept the reports of the reform commissions and come forward to implement those...
Big outlay planned for FY26
The finance ministry has planned a big outlay of about Tk聽8.5 lakh crore for the 2025-26 financial year, aiming at encouraging business activities...
PUBLIC ADMIN REFORMS: Four provinces, capital city govt recommended
The public administration reform commission on Wednesday proposed major structural changes, including the creation of four provinces, two new administrative divisions and a 鈥榗apital city government鈥�...
Info ministry debunks Indian media reports on removing Liberation War content
The information ministry has termed the Indian media reports on chief adviser鈥檚 instruction to remove War of Independence-based content on government radio and television as 鈥榝ake and purpose-oriented鈥�...
Govt appoints administrator for live, chilled food exporters鈥� assoc
The government has appointed Sheikh Matiur Rahman, joint secretary to the Ministry of Commerce, as administrator for the Bangladesh Live and Chilled Food Exporters鈥� Association...
Public admin, judiciary reform commissions submit report today
The public administration reform commission and the judiciary reform commission are going to hand over their reports with recommendations to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus today.
Dozens of migrants leave Albania after Italian court ruling
Dozens of migrants left Albania in Italian custody on Saturday, after a ruling by judges in Rome struck a fresh blow to prime minister Giorgia Meloni鈥檚 embattled third-country migration centres...
Urgent enhancements needed to combat climate change in Bangladesh
The United Nations World Food Programme and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief called for urgent enhancements to combat climate change in Bangladesh.
Afghan women cricketers reunite in first game after fleeing Taliban
Afghanistan's women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan hoped would spark 鈥榓 movement for change鈥�.
Anisul, Atiqul put on remand again聽
A court has granted a three-day remand for former law minister Anisul Huq and a four-day remand for former Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam in separate criminal cases linked to the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination....
HC bans tree felling without approval
The High Court on Tuesday directed the public administration secretary to form district-level committees within seven days to curb widespread and unregulated tree felling in cities and towns across the country...
Taliban leader dismisses foreign 鈥榯hreats鈥� after ICC warrant
Afghanistan鈥檚 supreme leader has said the Taliban will not be intimidated by 鈥榯hreats鈥� in a speech given days after the International Criminal Court prosecutor requested a warrant for his arrest over the persecution of women in the country.
No progress yet in sending back 1.3m Rohingyas: MoFA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said that the interim government had continued efforts to send back Rohingya people to their homeland Myanmar without any progress, with the number of the...
TECHNICAL AND MADRASSAH EDUCATION DIVISION: HC stays 3,534 appointments
The High Court on Monday stayed for three months the appointment of 3,534 junior instructors (technical) and physical education instructors at various polytechnic institutions under the Technical and Madrasah Education Division of the education ministry...
Govt not aware of Saima鈥檚 Canadian citizenship: spokesperson
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said that it did not have any information about Canadian citizenship of Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was appointed as regional director for South-East Asia at the World Health Organisation in the past year...
Muslims decry identity attack as Indian state enforces uniform civil code
An Indian state announced Monday it had begun implementing a common civil code to replace religious laws, stoking fear among minority Muslims of a looming nationwide rollout by the Hindu-nationalist ruling party.
Amit Shah vows to evict 'illegal Bangladeshis' in Delhi if BJP wins local polls
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest political ally has pledged to rid the capital of 鈥榠llegal鈥� immigrants if his party wins looming elections, in a forceful appeal to his party's Hindu constituency. Interior minister Amit Shah said every unlawful migrant from neighbouring Bangladesh would be expelled from New Delhi 鈥榳ithin two years鈥� if his party succeeded in next month's provincial polls.
Iran, Afghanistan call for more ties in Kabul talks
Iran and Afghanistan called for increased cooperation during a trip to Kabul by Tehran鈥檚 foreign minister on Sunday, the highest-level Iranian official to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban鈥檚 takeover in 2021....
Taliban reject ICC arrest warrant as 鈥榩olitically motivated鈥�
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government said on Friday an arrest warrant sought by the International Criminal Court for its leaders was 鈥榩olitically motivated鈥�.