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 elected as a member of the Executive Board of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS securing highest votes (53 out of the 54 votes with 1 abstention) for the term 2021-2023 beginning 01 January 2021. The election was held today (...
Chhabed Sathee: Bangladeshi American physician Dr. Ruhul Abid and his nonprofit organisation Health and Education for All (HAEFA) were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by University of Massachusetts Boston. He is a Bangladeshi-American professor...
Staff Reporter: The Rohingya crisis requires a political solution, which lies in the return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar – by addressing root causes, creating right conditions and holding the wrongdoers accountable”- said the Permanent Representativ...
He breathed his last around 6:40 pm Friday in Dhaka Staff Reporter: Shah Ahmad Shafi, the top leader of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and long-serving director general of Chattogram Hathazari Madrasa, passed away on Friday evening at the age of 103....
Staff Reporter: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for not allowing geopolitical rivalries to weaken the United Nations as the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that both developed and developing nations need the UN more than ever. "We must n...
Staff Reporter: 'Bangladesh maintains a strict policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism and violent extremism'said Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima in her statement at UN Plenary Meeting on Meas...
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...
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