Make BD safe for all life: PM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday called for a collective national effort to protect biodiversity and transform Bangladesh into a safe habitat for all living...
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Khamenei laid to rest in Mashhad
Iran buries its slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday at the country’s holiest shrine, with his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei still hidden...
Govt plans to send 1cr skilled workers abroad
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury has announced the government’s plan to send 10 million skilled workers abroad over the next five...
Sarwar Alamgir can take oath as Ctg MP: HC
The High Court (HC) has ruled that Sarwar Alamgir, the BNP candidate who won the Chittagong-2 constituency in the 13th National Parliament election, can take...
Dhaka hopes India will come forward understanding importance of Ganges Water Treaty
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Thursday said the issue related to the renewal of the Bangladesh-India Ganges Water Treaty is moving...
SC restores caretaker government, referendum provisions
The Appellate Division on Thursday upheld the High Court verdict that declared several provisions of the Constitution’s 15th Amendment unconstitutional, restoring the constitutional provisions for...
5 killed as landslides hit Bandarban
Five members of two families including a four-year-old child were killed after landslides triggered by heavy rainfall buried their homes in Lama upazila of Bandarban...
No compromise on democracy reforms
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has said his party will support the government’s positive initiatives, but will not compromise on people’s rights, democratic interests or...
China rejects hegemony, expansionism
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said China rejects hegemony, expansionism and spheres of influence, stressing that Beijing remains committed to peaceful development and...
Irene Khan named BD’s UN envoy
The government has appointed internationally renowned human rights advocate and former senior United Nations official Irene Khan as Bangladesh’s next Permanent Representative to the United...
Kaptai output hits 144mw Govt eyes affordable electricity
All five generating units of the Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Power Station at Kaptai have resumed operation following a rise in the water level of Kaptai Lake...
US strikes Iran after Hormuz attacks, Tehran threatens response
US forces launched strikes on Iran on Tuesday after three commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, sharply escalating...