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Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman appointed Bangladesh Army Chief

News —11 June, 2024 11:42

Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been appointed as the new Army Chief of Bangladesh, effective June 23, 2024. With this appointment, he will be promoted…

Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman appointed Bangladesh Army Chief

JS passes over Tk 30643.51cr supplementary budget

The Parliament today passed the supplementary budget of Tk 30643.51…

JS passes over Tk 30643.51cr supplementary budget
UNSC votes for US-drafted Gaza ceasefire resolution

The United NationsSecurity Council on Monday adopted a US-drafted…

UNSC votes for US-drafted Gaza ceasefire resolution

Netanyahu walks tightrope as US urges Gaza ceasefire deal

Netanyahu walks tightrope as US urges Gaza ceasefire deal

If diplomats have groundhog days, when they are condemned to reliving the same 24 hours, perhaps Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, felt a certain weariness as his jet approached…

Modi to visit Dhaka this June in first bilateral visit

Modi to visit Dhaka this June in first bilateral visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Dhaka by the end of this June in his first official bilateral trip after becoming the Prime Minister for the consecutive term. He was…

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Complete list of who has got what ministry

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Complete list of who has got what ministry

Ministries have been allocated to the 71 ministers who joined the Modi 3.0 in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday, according to NDTV. This story is being updated in real-time. Here's…

PM returns home after attending Modi's swearing-in ceremony

PM returns home after attending Modi's swearing-in ceremony

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from New Delhi tonight after attending the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive term.…

Registration to universal pension scheme crosses 3 lakh

Registration to universal pension scheme crosses 3 lakh

In just 10 months of its launching, the number of registration to the universal pension scheme crossed a new milestone of three lakh for the first time as it reached 3,03,176 on June…

BNP wants Modi govt to prioritise democracy in fostering ties with Bangladesh: Fakhrul

BNP wants Modi govt to prioritise democracy in fostering ties with Bangladesh: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party wants Narendra Modi's new Indian government to emphasise on the Bangladeshi people's quest for democracy…

India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come

India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come

India's heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of…

US in Gaza ceasefire push with UN vote, Mideast tour

US in Gaza ceasefire push with UN vote, Mideast tour

The United States stepped up pressure Monday for a Gaza ceasefire with a call for a UN Security Council vote on a truce as it redeployed Washington's top diplomat to the region scarred…

PM to leave New Delhi for home this afternoon

PM to leave New Delhi for home this afternoon

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave here for home this afternoon after attending the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive…

Bangladesh bears brunt of extreme weather

Bangladesh bears brunt of extreme weather

A new report by Christian Aid reveals that extreme weather events have caused over $41 billion in damage worldwide in just six months since COP28. This alarming figure underscores…

Rain likely over parts of country

Rain likely over parts of country

Bangladesh Meteorological Department todaypredicted light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers with temporary gustywind and moderately heavy to heavy falls at different places over…

Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quits Bibi govt

Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quits Bibi govt

Israeli minister Benny Gantz has announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled…

My job now is animal rights, not music: Moby

My job now is animal rights, not music: Moby

Moby is touring Europe for the first time in more than a decade and donating all the proceeds from his concerts to animal rights, which he says has become his real job. There is no…

Israel’s horror show in Gaza: Hamas calls Nuseirat raid a ‘complex war crime’

Israel’s horror show in Gaza: Hamas calls Nuseirat raid a ‘complex war crime’

Hamas has accused Israel of committing a “complex war crime” with its bloody attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp which freed four captives, and claims three other captives,…