Free, fair elections not possible under Awami League govt in Bangladesh: BNP tells US Ambassador
Dhaka/ UNI: Bangladesh’s Opposition party BNP in a meeting with US ambassador Peter Haas on Tuesday accused the ruling Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of destroying the democratic institutions, including the electoral processes.
Bangladesh: Govt primary school briefly closed due to heat wave
Dhaka: The continuing heat wave will cause classroom activities in all government primary schools nationwide to be suspended for four days, according to a statement released on Sunday by Bangladesh's Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.
Bangladesh's second underground metro rail construction may begin next month
Dhaka: The work on Bangladesh's second underground metro rail may start from July, media reports said.
Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Asian Phoenix and the Falling Star
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global landscape has changed drastically, and this change has been no less drastic for the South Asian region. Two countries, Bangladesh and Pakistan, once part of the same nation, now stand worlds apart in their trajectories.
Bangladesh: 8 injured as blast-hit oil tanker catches fire
At least 8 people were hurt as an explosion rocked an oil tanker that was anchored in the Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj region of Bangladesh, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 12-year-old boy's body recovered from Dhanmondi Lake
Dhaka: Police have recovered the body of a minor from Dhaka's Dhanmondi Lake, media reports said on Saturday.
Sheikh Hasina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vow to strengthen bilateral relationships
Dhaka: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who recently took charge of his office after winning a crucial poll for a third term, phoned Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and hoped to take the bilateral relationship to a new height.
UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees
The UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in the country, after a funding shortfall of $56 million compelled the World Food Programme (WFP) to enforce the cuts.
Bangladesh: Boy dies after flying rod from under-construction Dhaka expressway hits his head
Dhaka: A boy died after he was hit on the head by a rod that dropped from the elevated expressway construction site in Dhaka’s Mohakhali region on Monday, media reports said.
Ex-Dutch MP urges Pakistan to declare the atrocities committed during Liberation War as genocide
Dhaka: Former lawmaker of the Netherlands Harry van Bommel has urged Pakistan to formally declare the atrocities the country committed during Bangladesh's Liberation War as genocide.
China, Bangladesh hold 12th Foreign Office Consultations in Dhaka
Dhaka: Bangladesh and China held the 12th Foreign Office Consultations at the State Guest House ‘Padma’ in Dhaka on Saturday.
US to bar visas to Bangladeshis responsible for undermining election process
Dhaka/UNI: The United States has announced a new visa policy to support Bangladesh’s goal of holding free, fair, and peaceful national elections.
Macro-economic management policy of Bangladesh is prudent enough to avoid China's debt trap: Expert
Beijing/Dhaka: A top foreign policy analyst feels that the macro-economic management policy of Bangladesh is prudent enough to avoid China's debt trap.
Ex-Dutch MP Bommel says 1971 Bangladesh genocide will get global recognition
Dhaka: Former Member of Dutch Parliament and human rights activists Harry van Bommel on Sunday said the genocide which occured in Bangladesh by the Pakistani Army in 1971 will get global recognition.
Bangladesh: Six people arrested for allegedly stealing 1C government money by hacking website
Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday arrested six people for their alleged involvement in stealing more than Tk1 crore (app. USD 93465) government money by hacking a website, media reports said.