News and updates from Bangladesh
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman said on Tuesday that load-shedding across the country is expected to ease significantly within a short...
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...
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...
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