News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Launch fares have been increased by 23 poisha per kilometer for the first 100 kilometers. Additionally, fares for distances exceeding 100 kilometers have been raised by 20 poisha.Th...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has been added to the list of coroner vaccines received in the United States Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen praised the US expatriates as soon as they landed at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Arrivin...
Staff Reporter:Today is International United Nations Peacekeeping Day. Bangladesh has played a strong role in establishing peace in 40 countries of the world. The country's reputation has spread worldwide with the service of humanity at the risk...
Staff Reporter: Foreign Minister. AK Abdul Momen visited the office of the Bangladesh Consulate General in New York on Wednesday (June 16) and witnessed the quality of various types of consular services. Narayanganj-4 MP Shamim Osman was present...
Staff Reporter : Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen called for an incentives-based and long-term graduation package for the graduating and graduated countries from LDCs as they are at a high risk of sliding back—both due to the COVID-19 impact...
Staff Reporter : Thirty-six countries, including Bangladesh, abstained from voting on the resolution against Myanmar in the UN General Assembly. These include India, Bhutan, China, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Russia. It was not immediately clear on...
Staff Reporter : Sheila Jackson Lee, a Congresswoman from Texas, described Bangladesh as a good friend of the United States. She said the two countries have good relations. She made the remarks during a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to the U...
Staff Reporter : Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, an influential leader of the Democratic Party, has promised to provide vaccine assistance from the United States to solve the corona vaccination problem for a large population of Bangladesh. The g...
Staff Reporter : The United States has begun the process of sending 2.5 million doses of the moderna vaccine to Bangladesh as a gift. The delivery of this vaccine will be completed this week. A White House official confirmed the information on Tu...
Bangla Press Desk: Fakir Alamgir, a word soldier and legendary musician of the 1971 Liberation War, passed away at the age of 71 (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilahi Raziun). He succumbed to coronavirus at a hospital in Gulshan at 10:57 pm on Friday (July...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh and the United States have expressed their desire to work more closely on the Covid-19 epidemic. The issue was discussed at a meeting between Salman F. Rahman, the prime minister's private industry and investment advis...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) organized a ‘Stakeholders’ Meeting’ in the US capital, Washington, DC, on Wednesday (July 28) to showcase the potentials of Bangladesh capital market and trade and investment o...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations has observed the martyrdom anniversary and National Mourning Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the greatest Bengali nation of all time. The National Mou...
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