Local NGOs in Cox’s Bazar, who have long worked on Rohingya issues, said on Tuesday that UNHCR has stopped all partnerships with Cox’s Bazar–based NGOs. Instead, UNHCR has given the partnerships to international NGOs and organisations based outside the district. They said this g
A devastating fire that raged for more than five hours in the Korail slum of Dhaka’s Mohakhali has finally been brought under control, while the air filled with the cries of residents who watched their homes collapse into ashes. Fire Service spokesman Anwar Bin Sattar confirmed at 10:35pm on
The government today (Tuesday) launched an initiative to send workers, who could not go to Malaysia by May 31 last year, while as part of this programme, a flight carrying 60 workers departed here for Malaysia. The process of sending the workers who were unable to travel to Malaysia despite a long
The newly appointed Ambassador of France to Bangladesh, Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet, has expressed France’s readiness to initiate a new phase in its bilateral relations with Bangladesh, underscoring the strong alignment of interests between the two nations, particularly in the areas
A devastating fire has been consuming Dhaka’s Korail slum for nearly three hours, with Fire Service units struggling to bring it under control. As of around 8:15pm on Tuesday, numerous homes were still ablaze, flames leaping skyward. As many as 19 units, along with residents of the area, ar
