Leading food policy experts, policymakers, and legislatures from five South Asian countries including Bangladesh are meeting on 30-31 July, in Kathmandu to discuss legal ways and solutions to fight food insecurity in the region where more than 304 million malnourished…
Kolkata, Guwahati and Shillong have of late emerged as India’s new smuggling hub, due to a spurt in trans-border smuggling through Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 19 people from Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila on Thursday night while being trafficked to India.
Former member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Dr Muhammad Sohrab Ali on Friday, the BCS cadres would have to perform their duties with honestly, as the fate of the country is depended on them.
The Obama administration told lawmakers that it will not declare Egypt’s government overthrow a coup, officials said, allowing the United States to continue providing $1.5 billion in annual military and economic aid to the Arab world’s most populous country.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said there are four partnerships that will be critical and mentioned that all must obviously strive to forge a partnership for peace.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister says talks between Israel and Turkey on compensation for the victims of a deadly Israel raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have stalled over disagreement on the legal definition of the damages.
Prince William and his wife Kate have chosen three traditional royal names by calling their new-born baby boy George Alexander Louis, William’s office said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh Armed Forces on Wednesday jointly hosted an iftar party in honour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Senakunja in the Dhaka Cantonment.
Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was on Wednesday granted documents that will allow him to leave a Moscow airport where he is holed up, an airport source said on Wednesday.
As the government’s term is coming to close in October next, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni leaves here for New Delhi Thursday on a 3-day visit in an apparent last-ditch effort to have talks with Dr Manmohan Singh to push…
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has joined hands with Yunus Social Business (YSB) to provide financial and technical assistance to the development of the Social Business Incubator Fund to promote social business in vulnerable and underserved communities around…
Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi and Spanish envoy Luis Tejada on Tuesday met Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhdury separately and discussed bilateral issues.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk 172-crore project to boost country’s ongoing agricultural mechanization process through distributing nearly 32,000 modern agricultural equipments among the farmers.
Two Bangladeshis were killed while two others suffered injuries in an accident that involved three vehicles at the North South Expressway near Tapah in Malaysia on Monday morning.
Unauthorised, makeshift vending outlets erected on the sidewalks are adding to the problem of traffic congestion which has started increasing with the passing of every day leading to the holy Eid.
Dr Dipu Moni on Sunday said an orchestrated campaign is on in the news media against the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh.
Apparently in response to Hefajat-e-Islam ameer Allama Ahmed Shafi’s remarks about women, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Saturday said the progress of women cannot be hindered through the misinterpretation of religion.
Md Shahidul Haque has become Bangladesh’s new Foreign Secretary after having performed the duties in an interim capacity since January.
The Awami League will launch a massive campaign after the Eid-ul-Fitr to highlight the achievement of its government as well as to remind the people of the ‘misrule’ of previous BNP government.
(Istanbul) – Police fired teargas canisters directly at protesters during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, turning them into dangerous projectiles that caused serious injuries, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has documented 10 cases in which people…
All land ports and duty stations along Bangladesh-India border will remain open until Eid-ul-Fitr even on weekends.
Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Sunday said the Election Commission is ready to hold the next parliamentary polls under any type of interim government.
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said here on Saturday the ruling party will find out the reasons behind defeats of the party-backed candidates in the five city corporation elections and will take proper steps to avoid its negative impact on…
Extending its support for retaining the quota system in government jobs, Sector Commander Forum on Saturday urged the government and the authorities concerned to take initiatives to resolve complexities over the quota system.
Twenty-eight Bangladesh missions abroad failed to achieve their respective export targets set for the July-May period of the last fiscal year (2012-13) mostly because of moderate export growth.
Let the spirit of self restraint help restore peace, harmony and lasting happiness to all in a sustainable planet. …
BRASILIA/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Latin American governments urged the United States on Wednesday to be more forthcoming in answering allegations of U.S. spying programs there that have set off a wave of outrage that could damage its standing in the region.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr M Afsarul Ameen on Wednesday said the government will nationalise 2,252 non-MPO monthly pay order registered primary schools within the current month July.
The United States knows Bangladesh’s democracy is “homegrown” and so would not try imposing anything, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday.