BRAC University, the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh and the Mission in Bangladesh of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) jointly organised a seminar on the “Operationalisation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in Bangladesh&rdqu
The government is moving ahead with the purchase of one spot cargo of LNG from the UK to meet the growing demand for energy in the country. The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase in its 49th meeting in this year approved the proposal today. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed presid
Fifty-six migratory birds, identified as Bali ducks, were released into the wild in Chondipul area of Sylhet after being rescued by the Forest Department from illegal traders, officials said Tuesday. The birds, initially kept in sacks for sale, were freed at the banks of the Surma River in the pre
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter on Tuesday said that nearly 85 percent of Bangladesh’s workforce is employed in the informal sector, yet most remain unrecognised and excluded from social protection. Speaking at the Informal & Marginalised Formal Women Workers Convention 2025, o
A fire swept through a seven-storey office block in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Tuesday, killing 22 people, police said. The fire has now been extinguished and the recovered bodies have been sent to a hospital for identification, Susatyo Purnomo Condro, the head of Central Jakarta police,
The European Commission has agreed to allow Poland to provide state aid for the construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. The European Commission confirmed in a statement that it had approved the state aid. Poland, seeking to
The government is set to procure significant quantities of rice and lentil as part of its food stock replenishment and market stabilisation measures. The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase, in a meeting, approved separate proposals on Tuesday for procuring some 50,000 metric tonnes
International Labour Organisation (ILO) has deferred its decision about taking further action against Bangladesh's non-observance of three core conventions until next March, sources said. It also pressed for the timely implementation of all its priority areas of the national action plan on the lab
The UNESCO has recognised the Tangail saree weaving industry as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The decision was made unanimously at the ongoing 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the UNESCO 2003 Convention in Delhi, India, on Tuesday. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Aff
Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam Sarker on Tuesday hinted that any adviser of the interim government cannot contest the upcoming election while remaining in office, as the election code of conduct prohibits them from taking part even in polls campaigns. “You asked whether any person holdi
Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) has marked a significant milestone in the country’s digital banking landscape with the launch of a pioneering, benchmark-setting voice-assisted banking feature, available in both Bangla and English, on its flagship digital platform, MTB Neo, according to a press re
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday pledged that his party will fully ensure the independence of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to effectively control corruption in the country if its returns to power. “Today is International Anti-Corruption Day. We must pull the reins on cor
