Biman reduces ticket prices for Saudi Arabia and Malaysia-bound workers
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reduced the ticket prices for workers traveling to Saudi Arabia and Malaysia....
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RAB defuses bomb at Carew & Co in Chuadanga
A bomb found in the premises of Carew & Company Limited in Chuadanga鈥檚 Darshana was successfully defused by a specialised bomb disposal team from Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Trump, Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine
US president Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday he expected to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders...
Decision on RAB after meeting with all: home adviser
Bangladesh interim government home adviser Lieutenant General, retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said they would take the decision after holding meeting with all concerned on the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in line with the proposal of the UN rights body OHCHR.
Professor Yunus reaches Dubai to attend World Governments Summit
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus reached Dubai on Wednesday to take part in the World Governments Summit...
Bangladesh interim govt chief leaves Dhaka for Dubai to join World Governments Summit
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday left Dhaka for Dubai to attend the 鈥榃orld Governments Summit-2025鈥� being held in the United Arab Emirates.
Returned migrants issue 10-day ultimatum
Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...
PALESTINIAN STATE ON SAUDI LAND: Arab nations slam Netanyahu remarks
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries condemned on Sunday remarks by Israel鈥檚 prime minister who appeared to suggest in an interview that a Palestinian state could be established on Saudi territory...
Youth shot, mugged at Jatrabari
A 30-year-old man has been shot and mugged of approximately Tk 4 lakh on the Jatrabari flyover in Dhaka...
Trump鈥檚 Gaza plan derails Saudi-Israel ties: analysts
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 plan to take over Gaza will imperil attempts to forge landmark ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel and fuel anti-American sentiment in the oil-rich kingdom, analysts said.
HC orders case over trader鈥檚 death in RAB custody
The High Court on Thursday passed an order asking authorities concerned to accept the allegation of the death of Brahmanbaria trader Shahnur Alam in RAB custody in 2014 as a regular case...
SA keen to enhance trade tie alongside humanitarian cooperation: envoy
Saudi Arabian ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabia was eager to strengthen its relations with Bangladesh in trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, alongside its ongoing humanitarian cooperation...
BAIRA for migration to KSA without Bangladesh embassy鈥檚 attestation
The members of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies on Wednesday urged the government to allow migration to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without attestation from the Bangladesh embassy in the KSA for up to 24 workers at a time...
Five Arab FMs reject forced displacement of Palestinians
Top diplomats from Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar rejected any forcible displacement of Palestinians during a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, according to a joint statement.
Bangladesh for strengthening int鈥檒 labour cooperation for youth: Asif Nazrul
Expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul on Wednesday reaffirmed the Bangladesh鈥檚 commitment to strengthening international labour cooperation to enhance employment opportunities for the youth....
Bangladesh committed to meeting Saudi Arabia鈥檚 skilled workforce demand: Asif Nazrul
Bangladesh interim government law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment adviser Asif Nazrul has said Bangladesh is committed to supplying skilled and semi-skilled professionals, including doctors, engineers, nurses, and technicians, to meet Saudi Arabia鈥檚 growing labour market demands.
Saudi envoy receives Bangladesh diplomatic medal
Dhaka on Tuesday conferred this year鈥檚 鈥楤angladesh Medal for Diplomatic Excellence鈥� on Saudi Arabia ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan for his profound and enduring contributions toward elevating Bangladesh-Saudi Arabia bilateral relationship to unprecedented heights...
Top UAE companies plan to invest in Bangladesh: CA office
Two major companies in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Ports Group and Masdar, rolled out plans to invest in port development, management and logistics, and the renewable energy sectors in Bangladesh on Tuesday.
KSA opens Mecca, Medina to foreign investors
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on allowed to invest in Saudi-listed companies that own property in Mecca and Medina, Islam鈥檚 two holiest cities...
Bangladesh urged to disband RAB, work on reforms to restore democracy
Interim government of Bangladesh needs to work on long-term systemic reforms to address issues like arbitrary arrests, reprisal violence, enforced disappearance and extra-judicial killings and to restore democracy in the country, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday...
Probe report in Sagar-Runi murder case to be filed on March 2
A court in Dhaka on Monday set March 2 for filing a probe report in the sensational case lodged over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the submission of the report for 115th time.
Govt cancels order on anti-govt propaganda
Bangladesh interim government on Wednesday cancelled a recent order that instructed district education officers to remain alert to anti-government and anti-state activities by any educational institutions or students in the face of criticism from various quarters...
UAE invites Yunus to attend World Governments Summit in Dubai
United Arab Emirates has invited the Bangladesh interim government chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, to attend the World Governments Summit 2025 which will be held in Dubai in February.
KSA-bound passengers stage demo over vaccine crisis
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-bound migrants and those intending to perform Umrah staged demonstration in Dhaka on Tuesday after failing to receive mandatory meningitis vaccination to travel the Middle East country...
Punishment for those involved in Santal land grabbing demanded
Seventeen land and human rights organisations on Tuesday demanded punishment for those involved in land grabbing from the Santal community and the arson attack on a Santal house in Gobindganj of Gaibandha...
Change in uniform far from real reform,聽say politicians, rights campaigners
Politicians and rights campaigners on Monday said that the change in uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party was far from bringing in real reforms in the forces.
Deplorable nonchalance towards student suicide
A LACK of initiatives to arrest student suicide is deplorable. When a few hundred students commit suicides and many more attempt it every year, it is worrying that authorities and educational institutions fail to take programmes that could contain such incidents. A report by the Aachol Foundation says that at least 310 students committed suicide...
New uniforms for police, RAB, Ansar VDP introduced
The government on Monday said that it introduced new uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.
Police ASI held with crystal meth in Ctg
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested an assistant sub-inspector of Chattogram Metropolitan Police with crystal meth in Chattogram Friday night...
RAB arrests abductor, rescues victim in Gazipur
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested an absconding abductor and rescued a kidnapped girl from the Kaliakoir Thana area in Gazipur....
