World Standards Day today
The 55th World Standards Day will be observed today as the day is being observed every year for creating awareness on goods and services across the world...
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Nicaragua breaks off ties with Israel
Nicaragua on Friday announced plans to break off relations with Israel over the war in Gaza, calling the Israeli government 鈥榝ascist and genocidal鈥�...
A possible defreezing
SINCE the ouster of the Hasina-led government, Bangladesh has strongly indicated that it wants to strengthen relations between the two countries to ensure a democratic South Asia while also resolving the issue of the liberation war of 1971 with Pakistan. Bangladesh-Pakistan relations were strained during Hasina鈥檚 15-year rule. However, the leadership...
Myanmar peace efforts substantially inadequate: ASEAN
Southeast Asian leaders condemned on Thursday Myanmar鈥檚 efforts to implement a plan to end the country鈥檚 civil war as 鈥榮ubstantially inadequate鈥�, according to a draft summit statement seen by AFP...
Response to Myanmar war not working: UN
Global efforts to stop Myanmar鈥檚 civil war were 鈥榗learly not working鈥�, a UN expert warned Thursday as he urged leaders to starve the ruling junta of 鈥榤oney, weapons and legitimacy鈥�...
Mutilated body recovered in Ishwardi
The Ishwardi police recovered the mutilated body of a man from a litchi orchard at Ishwardi in Pabna on Thursday...
Global economic power equation
AS CHINA marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People鈥檚 Republic, it stands as a testament to an extraordinary transformation. From the ruins of civil war in 1949, China emerged battered and impoverished, with few expecting the nation would rise to such global prominence. Over the past seven decades, China鈥檚 leaders have orchestrated a remarkable transformation, lifting over 800 million citizens out of...
Costs of enabling Israel鈥檚 Gaza war
THE US government often claims to stand for the rule of law, but this past year has made it painfully clear that this does not apply to Palestinians. The moral, financial, and security costs of US support for Israel鈥檚 rapidly expanding wars are adding up for Americans, too...
Pressing reset button meant for new start from corrupt politics: CA Office
When chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus spoke about pressing the reset button, he meant making a new start from the corrupt politics, which destroyed all Bangladesh鈥檚 key...
AIUB architecture student receives CAA award
An American International University-Bangladesh architecture department student Shahira Sarwat has received a commendation at the Commonwealth Association of Architects Awards 2024 in the CAA Presidents Awards category recently...
DMP commissioner seeks public help to locate officers who went into hiding
Dhaka Metropolitan police commissioner Mainul Hasan has urged mass people to assist in locating police officers who went into hiding after being involved in the suppression of protests during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
Advisers visit Farhad Mazhar, SAU VC
Posts, telecommunications, and information technology adviser Nahid Islam, and fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter visited ailing poet and thinker Farhad Mazhar and Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University vice-chancellor Professor Md Abdul Latif at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday...
Netanyahu鈥檚 dangerous militarism
THE mainstream media has been largely critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin鈥檚 dangerous use of military power, and largely supportive of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 equally dangerous use of military power.聽 The leading proponents of these contrasting views have been David Ignatius in the Washington Post and Bret Stephens...
USTDA awards grant for cold storage dev for food security
The United States Trade and Development Agency has awarded a feasibility study grant to establish a temperature-controlled logistics network to develop cold storage refrigeration warehouses in Bangladesh to reduce food losses and improve food security...
Ukraine probes execution of 4 POWs by Russia
Ukrainian prosecutors said on Saturday they were investigating allegations Russian forces executed four Ukrainian prisoners of war and said a possible suspect for the killings was in custody...
Bangladesh interim chief holds one-on-one talk with Malaysian PM
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a brief one-to-one talk with visiting Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday.
Gazi Mazharul Anwar鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the second anniversary of the death of film director, producer, lyricist, screenwriter and music director Gazi Mazharul Anwar.
Malaysian PM visits Bangladesh today
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka Friday afternoon to discuss ways to take the relations between the two countries to a new height by exploring new...
Relations with Bangladesh to be easier if Pakistan apologises for 鈥�71: Touhid
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said that the current government did not give any impression at all to Pakistan that Bangladesh was willing to build good relations leaving...
Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim expected to visit Bangladesh on Oct 4
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to pay a brief visit to Bangladesh on October 4 to take forward the relations between the two countries to the next level by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening the ties in diverse areas.
Conviction warrant against Shafik Rehman withdrawn
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday withdrew its conviction warrant issued for sending journalist Shafik Rehman to jail to 7-year sentence on charge of conspiracy to abduct and kill deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son Sajeeb Wazed Joy...
鈥楶raay Tin/Charjan鈥� depicts tumultuous situation
Prochondo Collective, a multidisciplinary artistes鈥� platform, on Saturday staged its maiden theatre production staging 鈥楶raay Tin/Charjan鈥� at the Mukta Mancha of the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
Interim govt removes councillors of 12 city corporations in Bangladesh
The interim government has removed ward councilors of all the 12 city corporations from their positions with immediate effect.
Brief relief from hot days ahead
A brief relief from the sweltering heat is likely amidst a low pressure moving inland from the west-central Bay of Bengal, prompting the Met Office to issue a heavy rainfall warning...
Stakeholders hold meeting to facilitate export shipments by air
A meeting between the Export Promotion Bureau, the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Biman Airlines and foreign airlines was held on Sunday to discuss smoothing of export shipments by air, air freight management and other issues, said a press release...
Citizens should not take law into their own hands, home adviser says
Home affairs adviser Lt Gen, retd, Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday emphasised the need to raise public awareness about mob justice, saying citizens have no right to take the law into their own hands.
Syed Salahuddin Zaki鈥檚 1st death anniv today
Today is the first anniversary of the death of filmmaker Syed Salahuddin Zaki...
Freedom fighter Nazrul Islam鈥檚 death anniv observed
The 53rd anniversary of the death of freedom fighter Nazrul Islam was observed on Wednesday...
ATEC bags SDG Brand Champion Award 2024
ATEC, an impact enterprise working to solve clean cooking and climate change, has been awarded with SDG Brand Champion Award 2024, says a press release.
Action to be taken against fake FFs: adviser Farooq
Liberation war affairs adviser Farooq-e-Azam on Sunday said that action would be taken against those who had received the freedom fighter certificates without having their participation in the Liberation War.