Dhaka reaffirms solidarity with Tehran
Bangladesh has reiterated its solidarity with Iran and stressed the importance of dialogue and diplomacy for ensuring peace and stability in the Middle East during...
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Human capital gap weighs on Bangladesh economy
Bangladesh scored 147 out of 325 in the Human Capital Index Plus (HCI+), ranking below both the South Asian average of 157 and the lower-middle-income...
Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq passes away
Bangla Academy President and eminent writer Professor Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq passed away on Sunday afternoon at the age of 86. He breathed his last...
Vigil heightened along Myanmar border
The government has stepped up surveillance and vigilance along its border with Myanmar as fighting intensifies in Myanmar’s Rakhine State amid growing concerns over possible...
PM pledges justice for July martyrs
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said Saturday that honoring and rehabilitating the martyrs and wounded in the 2024 July mass uprising is a “sacred responsibility” of...
NCP launches July March
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has excluded Gopalganj from its month-long “July Awakening to Build the Nation” march programme, launched to mark the second anniversary...
Farooki urges action on
Eminent filmmaker and former Cultural Affairs Adviser of the interim government Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has called for legal measures against those he says helped “manufacture...
Passport offices hit by organised bribery claims
An investigation has revealed allegations of a deeply entrenched bribery network operating across Bangladesh’s passport offices, with brokers, office staff and officials allegedly involved in...
China-Myanmar economic corridor only for nat’l interest: Humayun
Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir said on Saturday that Bangladesh will woo China’s proposed economic corridor with Myanmar for sake of the country’s...
PSC drives merit-based civil service hiring
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has undertaken wide-ranging institutional reforms aimed at strengthening transparency, fairness and efficiency in public recruitment following the July mass uprising,...
250th Anniv of American Independence
The United States is celebrating 250th anniversary of American independence worldwide including Bangladesh underscoring the importance of strengthening people-to-people ties between Dhaka and Washington through...
Messi answers the call once again
Lionel Messi stole the World Cup spotlight once again as Argentina edged Cape Verde 3-2 in an extra-time thriller on Friday, but his virtuoso display...