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Canada halts parent-grandparent PR sponsorships: A blow to Bangladeshi families

News —4 January, 2025 21:27

For decades, permanent residents in Canada have been able to sponsor their parents and grandparents for permanent residency (PR) under the Parent and Grandparent…

Canada halts parent-grandparent PR sponsorships: A blow to Bangladeshi families

Govt extends tenure of 6 reform commissions

The government has extended the tenure of six reform commissions…

Govt extends tenure of 6 reform commissions
Fakhrul calls for building beautiful Bangladesh by overcoming narrow mindsets

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul…

Fakhrul calls for building beautiful Bangladesh by overcoming narrow mindsets

Biting cold cripples parts of Bangladesh

Biting cold cripples parts of Bangladesh

Parts of the country have been grappling with a mild cold wave coupled with winds, causing public sufferings.   The low-income people, children, senior citizens are the worst…

5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka, Sylhet

5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka, Sylhet

A moderate category earthquake jolted different parts of the country including Dhaka and north-east part of Sylhet this morning.   The epicenter of the earthquake was neighboring…

Army chief meets Khaleda Zia

Army chief meets Khaleda Zia

 Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman met BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence Firoza tonight.   BNP chairperson’s…

BNP urges govt to disclose all contracts signed in power sector over 15 years

BNP urges govt to disclose all contracts signed in power sector over 15 years

The BNP on Thursday demanded that the interim government make public all the contracts signed in the power and energy sectors during the 15 years of Sheikh Hasina's rule.   "I…

Govt officially declares Kazi Nazrul Islam as Bangladesh's national poet

Govt officially declares Kazi Nazrul Islam as Bangladesh's national poet

The government officially recognised Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet, issuing a gazette notification on December 24. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs made the announcement formalising…

EC publishes draft voter list, over 18.33 lakh new voters

EC publishes draft voter list, over 18.33 lakh new voters

The Election Commission (EC) today published the draft of the updated voter list revealing that 18, 33,352 have become new voters in the country.   Of the new voters, 11,85,516…

Bangladesh, India to exchange 185 detained fishermen Sunday

Bangladesh, India to exchange 185 detained fishermen Sunday

Bangladesh and India will exchange 185 fishermen detained in their respective countries on Sunday, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain confirmed here today.    “If…

Govt trashes claim on X of Hindu ban in public service

Govt trashes claim on X of Hindu ban in public service

The Bangladesh government has dismissed a claim circulated on X (formerly Twitter) alleging a ban on Hindus in public service, calling it “completely false.”   The…

Court rejects Chinmoy’s bail plea in sedition case

Court rejects Chinmoy’s bail plea in sedition case

A Chattogram court on Thursday rejected the bail prayer of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote and former ISKCON leader, in a…

Rumor Scanner dubs viral dead cow photo as misleading

Rumor Scanner dubs viral dead cow photo as misleading

Fact-checking body Rumor Scanner dubbed misleading the viral photo of a cow slaughtering claiming it of interim government period, saying the photo is not new rather it is from 2023…

CA distributes health card for free treatment of movement’s victims

CA distributes health card for free treatment of movement’s victims

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the health card distribution programme of the Ministry of Health to ensure free health treatment to the victims of the July…

Dhaka-Delhi ties unlikely to stall over single issue: foreign adviser

Dhaka-Delhi ties unlikely to stall over single issue: foreign adviser

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said maintaining good relations with three big countries - India, China and the United States- and addressing the Rohingya issue…

Kyiv, Moscow confirm end of Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine

Kyiv, Moscow confirm end of Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine

Moscow and Kyiv each confirmed on Wednesday that Russian gas was no longer transiting to Europe via Ukraine, in an end to a decades-long arrangement and the latest casualty of the…

Bangladesh debunks Indian Zeenews report on Prof Yunus

Bangladesh debunks Indian Zeenews report on Prof Yunus

A recent report of Indian Zeenews titled "DNA Exclusive: Analysing Mohammad Yunus’s Alleged Operation Octopus In Bangladesh" is completely false and fabricated, says chief adviser's…