BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said their Chairperson Khaleda Zia will present a framework on the election-time supportive government soon after she returns home from the UK.“Our chairperson is going to London for her treatment. Hope,…
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday attended a trade and investment event before leaving Dhaka that discussed ways to have greater trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.Bangladesh and Sri Lanka want to see their two-way trade volume…
Turkish authorities sacked nearly 7,400 more civil servants for alleged links to terror groups as the country on Saturday marked the first anniversary of last summer’s failed coup attempt that left some 250 people dead.Thousands are expected to turn out…
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to work for shared prosperity through mutually beneficial win-win partnership and underlined the need for a peaceful, stable, inclusive and sustainable South Asian region. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena…
Dhaka, Jul 15 – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said there should be a strong Opposition in a democratic country and through which the path of the government could be corrected.
By Roshni Majumdar UN, Jul 13 (IPS) – More than two billion people lack access to clean and safe drinking water, according to a new report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram Kuala Lumpur, Jul 13 (IPS) – When we fail to act on lessons from a crisis, we risk exposing ourselves to another one. The 1997-1998 East Asian crises provided major lessons for international financial reform. Two…
A Sharia court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province sentenced two gay men to a public caning Wednesday. The men, ages 20 and 23, were arrested in March by vigilantes within their community in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province.
The European Court of Human Rights has struck another blow to women’s autonomy, ruling in favor of bans on full-face veils enacted in 2011 in Belgium.Echoing a 2014 ruling in S.A.S v. France, the court cited the vague idea of…
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agreed to enter into a free trade regime by this year.The two countries reached to the decision during official talks between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here today.
Media captionToned-down Trump: What happened to the tough talk on Paris? French President Emmanuel Macron said he “respected” Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord but that France would remain committed. “On climate we know what…
Dhaka – Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Friday signed 14 instruments, one agreement and 13 memorandums of understanding (MoU), to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the areas of economy, agriculture, shipping, higher education, information and technology and media.…
Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo died on Thursday from multiple organ failure, the authorities said, having not been allowed to leave the country for treatment for late-stage liver cancer as he wished. Liu, 61, was jailed…
Politics brings out strong emotions in everyone. Even the British, despite their reputation for pursuing their interests in a cool and calm fashion, apparently are not immune. Perhaps that reputation is merely a holdover from the long-gone British Empire. It…
On Wednesday, the President of Kenya signed the Basic Education Amendment Act into law, which commits the government to providing “free, sufficient and quality” sanitary pads to girls in state schools. Girls supported by Plan International have been at the…
Dhaka, Jul 13 – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived here on Thursday on a three-day state visit to Bangladesh, highlighting the growing ties between the two countries.
Dhaka – Bangladesh candidate Ambassador Muhammad Zamir has been elected a new member of OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) based in Jeddah for a tenure of three years starting from February 2018.
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted visas to attend it, after their initial applications were denied, US media said.
Washington, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) – As the Gulf crisis drags into a second month, a four-country boycott of Qatar is raising questions about whether American businesses that follow suit could unwittingly run afoul of U.S. anti-boycott laws.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued an exasperated response to a question about North Korea on Tuesday, demanding that those holding Beijing responsible for propping up the Kim Jong-un regime in North Korea stop. “As we said repeatedly, the crux of…
Rajshahi – Wearing black badges a silent human chain was brought out on Rajshahi University campus on Wednesday demanding the trial of those BCL leaders who are responsible for attack on journalist.
Dhaka – Dhaka will host the 45th council of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) next year, according to foreign ministry.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday claimed that poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar’s statement over his abduction does not match the facts. “We’ve found that the video and CCTV footages, call lists and other evidence that we’ve…
BNP on Wednesday said a major reshuffle in the Election Commission’s (EC’s) field-level administration ahead of the national and major city elections is part of a far-reaching evil design to influence the polls.Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there will be no negative reaction in the international arena due to the procurement of two submarines from China as it was a decision of national interest.“I believe the procurement of submarines from…
The UK election result has been a game changer. The electorate has turned down the Theresa May/Daily Mail offer of a hard Brexit and the threat of walking away from the negotiations with the European Union. The result is a…
US President Donald Trump’s son has said he did not tell his father about a meeting with a Russian lawyer who said she could help his election campaign.
Geneva, 5 Jul (D. Ravi Kanth) — The European Union and Brazil opposed the elimination of a range of green box direct payments for cotton as demanded by the Cotton-4 countries – Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Chad – in…
Beijing— China on Tuesday dispatched members of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti to man the rising Asian giant’s first overseas military base, a key part of a wide-ranging expansion of the role…
Dhaka, Jul 11 – Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday dismissed the recent media reports on the capital outflow from Bangladesh and a sharp rise in Bangladeshis’ deposits in Swiss banks.