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The US government has altered its overall travel advisory for Bangladesh, lowering the alert level from "Reconsider Travel" (Level 3) to "Exercise Increased Caution" (Level 2). Announcing the update in a media statement on Thursday, the fo...

The Prime Minister’s Public Administration Adviser Md Ismail Zabiullah on Thursday called for leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to build a more efficient, innovative, and citizen-friendly public administration. Speaking as the...

National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Organiser (Northern Region) Sarjis Alam on Thursday urged the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to take immediate steps to control its student wing, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), warning that the organi...

An Indian parliamentary committee has called for a diplomatic reset with Bangladesh, urging deeper engagement with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s administration while addressing concerns over China’s growing footprint. The Com...

Most of Bangladesh’s 3,000 overseas recruiting agencies are involved in irregularities, State Minister Md Nurul Haque Nur has said. Nur said on Thursday the government would take a tougher stance to bring discipline to the migration...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Thursday ordered former minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui to be sent to jail after showing him arrested in a crimes against humanity case filed over the alleged massacre during a rally of Hefazat-e-I...

Bangladesh and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations, with both sides signalling renewed momentum in diplomatic engagement during the visit of Washington’s special envoy to South and C...

Bangladesh must shift away from a cheap-labour-dependent economy that relies primarily on garments and remittances, eminent economist and Chairman of BRAC Hossain Zillur Rahman said on Thursday. Delivering the keynote speech at a public le...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to complete the process of reopening long-closed state-owned industrial units, accelerating their privatisation and attracting private investment by 2026. The dir...