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Sudan conflict: 136 Bangladeshi evacuees arrive in Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka : A total of 136 Bangladeshi nationals, who were among those stranded in crisis-hit Sudan, arrived Dhaka via Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Monday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A...
BNP-Jamaat is an alliance of killers, don’t vote for them: PM Hasina at London reception
UNB, London : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again urged the people not to vote for BNP-Jamaat nexus in the next general election as they will just ruin the country. “They (BNP-Jamaat) will...
Mild heatwave sweeping over 27 districts
News Desk : A mild heatwave has been sweeping over 27 districts including Dhaka and may spread to other regions, the Met Office has said. The forecast for Sunday said day and night temperatures...
176 dead, many more missing after Congo floods
AP : The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen to 176, with some 100 people still missing, according to a provisional assessment given by the governor and authorities...
Despite many challenges, Bangladesh remains one of the fastest growing economies in Asia-Pacific: Visiting IMF team
UNB, Dhaka : The visiting team of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that despite many challenges, Bangladesh’s growth is progressive. In a statement released on Sunday, Rahul Anand, IMF Mission Chief for Bangladesh,...
Bangladesh’s next general election will be fair, PM Hasina tells UK
UNB, London : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again said that her country’s upcoming general election will be free and fair. She made it clear after UK Foreign Minister James Cleverly during...
King Charles, Queen Camilla crowned in historic ceremony
Reuters : King Charles III was anointed and crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of...
Commentary: Just insist on one point that election will be held under a neutral government as before
Editorial Desk : Let the US and other friendly countries who want to help us to have free and fair election insist on fulfilling one condition, and that is, the election under the sitting...
Freight train derails in Sirajganj, snaps operation between Dhaka and North Bengal
UNB, Sirajganj : Train movement from Dhaka to the country’s Western, North and South regions has remained suspended since Friday afternoon after a freight train got derailed on Dhaka-Iswardi rail tracks in Ullapara upazila...