News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said 300 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid from the first un...
Staff Reporter: Identifying universal and affordable access to vaccines, financing SDGs gap, ending the growing trends of poverty and inequality, supporting the migrant workers, reversing the falling trend of export earnings, ensuring the benefits...
Banglapress Desk: 9-point demand has been announced from the anti-rape and oppression rally. If these demands are not met, a long march will be held from Dhaka towards Noakhali. Anik Roy, general secretary of the student union, announced the progra...
Staff Reporter: Echoing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for ‘peaceful use of nuclear technology’, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima told the UN that Bangladesh would pursue safe use of nuclear...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh has submitted to the United Nations revised information regarding the extended boundary of the continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal. On Thursday, the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Ambassa...
Staff Reporter: Recognizing the invaluable contribution of peacekeepers in saving people from the impacts of conflicts, and in tackling other unforeseeable challenges, such as the pandemic, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Ambassador Rabab Fa...
Banglapress Desk: Renowned lawyer Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq has passed away. He breathed his last at 8:30am today while undergoing treatment in ICU in Ad-Deen Hospital in Dhaka, Dr Nahida Yeasmin, director of the hospital confirmed to The Daily Star...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh is investing heavily in building the country's efficient use of marine resources and scientific management capabilities so that the goal of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Vision-2041 can be achieved. Bangladesh's Permanen...
Staff Reporter: Considering the role of women in peace from an overall perspective, Bangladesh has called for increasing women's participation in peacekeeping activities. This was stated by Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangl...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 39th in the list of world's most powerful women. The list was published by Forbes 2020, a US-based financial magazine, on Tuesday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list...
Staff Reporter: Determining Bangladesh's boundaries in the extended continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal will enable Bangladesh to explore natural resources in this vast sea area, which will play a vital role in achieving our national development...
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh has called for bringing all migrants and their families under healthcare in the world. This was stated by Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, in her inaugural address at...
Earlier in November, Sheikh Hasina was featured in Forbes' list of 100 most powerful women in 2017. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been included in the Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of 2018. US President Donald T...
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