Washington — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting liberal voices, the State Department said Friday amid fears that the traditionally moderate South Asian nation is…
Dhaka – Though the environmental pollution has emerged as a major issue, the Ministry of Environment and Forests appears unable to take the lead role in dealing with the alarming incidents of pollution and enforcing the existing laws of the…
Dhaka – A case has been filed against 18 people in connection with the killing of two people at Rajibpur village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur district on Friday, unb news agency reported. Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Sadar…
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 14 Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, while crossing into to India illegally through Boro Achra border of Benapole in Jessore on Friday night unb news agency reported.
Washington (AP/UNB) – Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting liberal voices, the State Department said Friday amid fears that the traditionally moderate South Asian nation…
Beijing (AP/UNB) – The foreign ministers of China and Japan are meeting in Beijing in an effort to improve tense relations bedeviled by disputes over territory, history and competition for influence in East Asia.
Rebeca Grynspan Madrid – In the quarter-century since the publication in 1990 of the first Human Development Report, the world has made astounding strides in reducing poverty and improving the health, education, and living conditions of hundreds of millions of…
Geneva (K M Gopakumar) – World Health Organization Member States decided to continue negotiations on the Framework for Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) during the 69th World Health Assembly (WHA). The 69th WHA with its annual gathering of health ministers…
Dhaka – Nisha Desai Biswal, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, is likely to arrive here on May 4 to discuss ways how the counterterrorism cooperation between Bangladesh and the United States can be taken…
Popular social networking site, Facebook, has for the first time responded to requests of Bangladesh government providing users’ information.
Norwegian rescue officials say the search operation after the helicopter crash near Bergen is over and all 13 people who were on board are presumed dead.
Three people, including a trader, suffered burn injuries when a local criminal reportedly threw hot water on them in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka on Friday for the refusal to pay him toll.