Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said that bringing the Rohingya crisis back onto the international agenda is one of the success stories of the interim government, claiming that the issue had become a “forgotten” matter during the previous regime. “
Teachers have held a sit-in protest for the 26th straight day demanding the inclusion of all recognised non-MPO educational institutions under the government’s monthly pay order (MPO) scheme. The teachers, who have been continuously stationed outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, had ann
Bangladesh’s economy has slipped into a vicious circle of high interest rates, persistent inflation, weak investment and slowing GDP growth, making it increasingly difficult to break out of the cycle, said Dr Zaidi Sattar, Chairman of the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI). Speaki
The dengue situation in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate, with seven more deaths and 567 new hospitalisations recorded across the country in the 24 hours till Thursday morning. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the latest fatalities bring this year’s death to
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday visited Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, who is receiving treatment at a city hospital. “The BNP Secretary General went to United Hospital around 1pm to meet the ailing Jamaat leader,&rdquo
হাজার বছরের আয়ুর্বেদিক চিকিৎসাশাস্ত্র ভরসা রেখেছে প্রকৃতির ভেষজ শক্তির ওপর। সেই অসংখ্য ভেষজের মাঝে দুটি নাম বারবার ফিরে আসে নিম ও তুলসী। ভারতীয় ঐতিহ্য, দৈনন্দিন আচার, ঘরোয়া চিকিৎসা থেকে শুরু করে ত্বকের যত্ন এই দুই গাছই গভীরভাবে যুক্ত মানুষের জীবনযাপনের সঙ্গে। দুটোর মধ্যেই রয়েছে শরীর পরিশোধন, রো
Pope Leo arrived in Turkey on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday and was expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. The first US pope chose mainly Muslim Turkey as his first overseas destination
"Aapu, want to check your weight? Need a pen?" This familiar voice breaks the quiet at Ruqayyah Hall of the University of Dhaka. Some people stop by to buy something, some chat for a bit, and some quietly walk away. Behind that simple question is the story of a visually impaired young woman,
Bangladesh Bank has ordered a reduction in the salaries of employees from the five banks that have been merged to form the new ‘Sammilito Islami Bank’ (Combined Islamic Bank). Sammilito Islami Bank’s Assistant Spokesperson Shahriar Siddiqui on Thursday said, “The decision t
Members of Myanmar’s Arakan Army armed insurgent group have captured two trawlers and abducted 12 more fishermen at work in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf Upazila. They were abducted while fishing in the sea east of Chheradia on St Martin’s Island o
A Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday with two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut on board, a live stream of the launch showed. The Soyuz 2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:28 pm Moscow time (0
Venezuela has revoked operating rights for six major international airlines which suspended flights to the country following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The civil aviation authority revoked permits for Iberia, TAP, Avianca, Latam Colombia, Turkish Airlines and Gol, which
