Bangla Press Desk: The government has approved a Tk 13.44 billion (1,344 crore) project to build over 1,500 flats in Dhaka for distribution among those severely injured d...
Banglapress National Desk: Bangladesh stands the second most corrupted country in South Asia, according to Transparency International (TI). In addition, Bangladesh ranked 149 in the world, 13th from bottom, according to the Corruption Perceptions I...
National Desk: Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif has said that the health condition of Obaidul Quader, minister for road transport and bridges, currently undergoing treatment in Singapore, is improving. Referring to BNP’s ac...
National Desk: Announcing incentives for the private sector to boost production and export of jute and jute goods, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all concerned to take effective steps for making the jute sector profitable to sustain the j...
New York Correspondent: Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, MP, requested the US lawmakers to persuade Myanmar in all possible ways to create a safe and secure environment in Rakhine State and take back all the forcibly displaced...
DHAKA, Bangladesh — This time of year, Mohammad Shamsuddin normally earns about $120 a month working with the crew of a fishing boat off the coast of Bangladesh. But on Monday, the central government imposed a 65-day national ban on coastal fishing...
New York Correspondent: Abassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected as the President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the elections of the Bureau held on last Tuesday at the UN H...
New York Correspondent: The Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Ms. Rabab Fatima called upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take urgent measures to cease all illegal settlements and annexation of Palestin...
Staff Reporter: A special flight chartered by Qatar Airways with 242 Bangladeshi nationals stranded in the United States due to coronavirus left Washington Dallas International Airport for Dhaka on Friday night. Bangladesh Ambassador to the United...
Staff Reporter: The Ministry of Land of Bangladesh has been awarded by the United Nations the prestigious ‘United Nations Public Service Award’ for 2020, in the category of “Developing transparent and accountable public institutions” in recognition...
Bangla Press Desk: Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the state minister for religious affairs, has died at the age of 74. He passed away while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka around 11:45pm on Saturday, his Private Secretary...
Eleven people were killed in lightning strikes in Sirajganj, Sunamganj, Magura, Noakhali and Rangamati districts on Sunday. According to the UNB news desk, Shamsul Mondol, 57, and his son Arman Ali, 17, of Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj were kill...
Eight people were killed in lightning strikes in Sirajganj, Sunamganj, Magura and Rangamati districts on Sunday, reports UNB. According to reports reaching the UNB news desk, Shamsul Mondol, 57, and his son Arman Ali, 17, of Kazipur upazila in Sir...
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