‘Mutual understanding can resolve Teesta issues’
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has said the Teesta and Ganges water-sharing issues can be resolved through dialogue and mutual understanding. “There is...
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Japan earthquake claims 18 lives
Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed...
Russia seeks rupee payments for RNPP
Russia has proposed settling bilateral trade with Bangladesh in Indian rupees to overcome payment difficulties caused by Western sanctions, while also reviving plans to establish...
AC Land withdrawn over forged letter in Dy speaker’s name
The Ministry of Public Administration has withdrawn Assistant Commissioner (Land) Shaon Majumder Sumon from his post following allegations that a forged semi-official letter bearing the...
Jamaat submits 9 demands to EC
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has placed a nine-point set of demands before the Election Commission (EC), including cancellation of the contractual appointment of EC Secretariat Additional Secretary...
SC stays HC order restricting arrests sans specific cases
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has stayed a High Court (HC) order that barred authorities from showing individuals arrested or harassing them...
Lok Sabha passes anti-paper leak bill
India’s Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 by voice vote, introducing stricter penalties to tackle examination...
Appeals unresolved after eight years
Twelve years after seven men were abducted and murdered in Narayanganj, their families are still waiting for the country’s highest court to deliver a final...
July uprising continuation of 17-yr-long movement
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that the backdrop for the July 2024 mass uprising was created as a result of...
Only 189 tigers left in Bangladesh: says Tuku
Bangladesh currently has only 189 tigers, leaving the species at serious risk of extinction, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku said on...
Public won’t accept social instability, AZM Zahid says
Women and Children affairs, Social Welfare Minister Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain has said that freedom of speech does not mean saying whatever one pleases. He...