Dhaka families turn to electric cooking
A technical fault at the Maheshkhali floating LNG terminal has cut gas supply by around 450 million cubic feet per day, leaving large parts of...
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Probe power shifted from NHRC to cop
The BNP government has retained the death penalty for the crime of enforced disappearance. The Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared a draft law on...
‘Myanmar to take back 3 lakh Rohingyas from Bangladesh’
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday said Myanmar has agreed to take back 5,000 Rohingya refugees currently living in Malaysia following diplomatic...
Ex-minister Latif Siddiqui arrested
Detective Branch officers arrested former minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui from his Gulshan residence on Wednesday in connection with a crimes-against-humanity case over the killings surrounding...
Amit Shah orders force against student protesters
India’s Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Home Minister Amit Shah of ordering the use of force against student protesters during a...
NCP, BNP head into major post-poll clash
A convoy carrying senior National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders was blocked twice by police on its way to Habiganj on Wednesday, prompting party leaders and...
Ctg ‘top criminal’ David Emon nabbed in Jashore
Police have arrested Mobarak Hossain Emon, also known as David Emon, an alleged top criminal in Chattogram, along with five associates in Jashore on Wednesday...
BRICS invite puts Bangladesh in focus
The invitation extended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Bangladeshi counterpart, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New...
Bangladesh won’t accept Indian, US dominance: Nahid
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Mohammad Nahid Islam on Tuesday declared that Bangladesh would accept the dominance of neither India nor...
Bangladesh seeks Japan’s support to open by 16 December
Bangladesh has sought Japan’s support to help ensure the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) becomes operational on Dec. 16, as the government...
Russia proposes lower-cost urea supply
Russia has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Bangladesh’s food security and strengthening bilateral trade, expressing interest in supplying urea fertiliser at a lower price alongside...