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Want better ties with Pakistan not overlooking ‘71: Foreign Adviser 

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Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said the current government did not give any impression at all to Pakistan that Bangladesh is willing…

Want better ties with Pakistan not overlooking ‘71: Foreign Adviser 

Home adviser warns of exposing absent police officials to justice

Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has…

Home adviser warns of exposing absent police officials to justice
Travel ban on ex-MP Jinnah, ex-secretary Kabir Bin Anwar

A court here today imposed travel ban on Bogura-2 former lawmaker…

Travel ban on ex-MP Jinnah, ex-secretary Kabir Bin Anwar

Anwar Ibrahim due in Dhaka Oct 4

Anwar Ibrahim due in Dhaka Oct 4

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to pay a brief visit to Bangladesh on October 4 to take forward the relations between the two countries to next level by exploring…

RMG worker killed in clash with police in Savar

RMG worker killed in clash with police in Savar

A garment worker was killed and two others were injured during a clash between police and workers in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Monday.  The deceased has been identified…

Foreign adviser for easing visa procedure to boost tourism

Foreign adviser for easing visa procedure to boost tourism

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid  Hossain on Monday laid special emphasis on simplifying the visa procedure for foreign tourists as part of a broader strategy to enhance the…

BGMEA for greater security to keep factories open amid unrest

BGMEA for greater security to keep factories open amid unrest

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Monday called for enhanced security to keep their production units operational, as a labour unrest is ongoing…

Ex-MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur held at Dhaka airport

Ex-MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur held at Dhaka airport

Detectives detained former MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed from the immigration section of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Monday morning. Mansur, also ex-vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU), has been detained for quizzing due to some allegations, said DMP Additional Commissioner and Detective Branch chief Rezaul Karim Mallik. Necessary actions will be taken after the interrogation, he added.

12,000 bhori gold missing from Samabaya Bank

12,000 bhori gold missing from Samabaya Bank

AF Hassan Ariff, Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD), has revealed that a significant portion of the assets belonging to the Samabaya Bank have…

8 dengue patients die, 1,221 hospitalized in last 24 hrs

8 dengue patients die, 1,221 hospitalized in last 24 hrs

Eight dengue patients died and 1,221 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till this morning. "During the period, 434 dengue patients were hospitalised…

Shafik Rehman's jail sentence suspended for one year

Shafik Rehman's jail sentence suspended for one year

The government has suspended the jail sentence of veteran journalist, political analyst and writer Shafik Rehman and Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan alias M R Bhuiyan, in a case over 'conspiring…

Eminent journalist, freedom fighter Badiul Alam passes away

Eminent journalist, freedom fighter Badiul Alam passes away

Noted journalist and Freedom Fighter Badiul Alam passed away at his Moghbazar residence here this noon at the age of 77.  Alam breathed his last at 1:45 pm as he had been suffering…

Mahmudur Rahman sent to jail after surrendering at Dhaka court

Mahmudur Rahman sent to jail after surrendering at Dhaka court

A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered Mahmudur Rahman, editor of the now-defunct Amar Desh, to be sent to jail after he surrendered in a case related to the abduction and attempted murder…

Four children hit by speeding microbus die in Kushtia

Four children hit by speeding microbus die in Kushtia

Four children tragically lost their lives after being hit by a speeding microbus in Khoksha upazila of Kushtia on Sunday morning, police said. The children were on their way home after…

Bangladesh opens all gates of Teesta barrage as river swells

Bangladesh opens all gates of Teesta barrage as river swells

The Water Development Board (WDB) of Bangladesh opened all the 44 gates of Teesta Barrage as the water level of the Teesta River has increased due to onrush of upstream water and torrential…

NHRC for electoral system reform focusing human rights

NHRC for electoral system reform focusing human rights

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has underscored the urgent need to prioritise reforms in the electoral system, emphasising a central focus on human rights. This call to…

China keen to invest in Bangladesh’s solar panels, deepen ties

China keen to invest in Bangladesh’s solar panels, deepen ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today said his country wants to invest in solar panels in Bangladesh and deepen trade and economic ties with Dhaka. Wang Yi expressed his country’s…