State Minister for Posts and Communications Tarana Halim has said the dot bangla (.bangla) domain will be formally launched on December 16.Once launched, the people of the country can use Bangla language to enter and browse internet, she said during…
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday pledged $2 billion over the next three years in new funding to help the country become less vulnerable to climate change.The $2 billion pledge in new money for climate change is…
The fly ash to be generated from the Rampal coal-fired power plant has the potential to cause “substantial” damage to the environment, say experts. They also pointed out the tender document does not clearly specify how exactly the contaminants of…
Dhaka – The European Union will discuss the formation of new Election Commission in Bangladesh at the next Bangladesh-EU joint commission meeting in Brussels in December next as the tenure of the current EC expires in February next year. “We’ve…
Health organisations call on trade ministers to reject provisions that would negatively affect access to generic medicines in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement. They made the call in An open letter to the sixteen governments negotiating the Regional Comprehensive…
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said she expects the World Bank to play a stronger role in Bangladesh’s development endeavours as its leading development partner.
Beijing (AP/UNB) – China launched a pair of astronauts into space Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore facility six…
Dhaka – Speakers at the 9th South Asia Economic Summit in the city on Sunday said inequality stands as the main barrier to building an inclusive, just and peaceful society in South Asia, UNB news agency reported. They mentioned structural…
The Associated Press Benaulm, India – The newly formed multilateral New Development Bank has been widely praised at this weekend’s BRICS summit, with leaders from the grouping hailing the bank’s achievements and its support for clean energy and sustainable development…
Goa (India): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged BIMSTEC leaders to find out the mentors, masterminds, abettors, financiers, arms suppliers and trainers of terrorists and extremists to defeat terrorism. “We must be prepared to take strong actions against terrorists…
Dhaka – Bangladesh has formally joined Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘Road and Belt Initiative’, a drive which has already drawn the close attention of the world. During the just-concluded historic visit of Xi, Bangladesh and China signed a document of…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left for Goa on Sunday morning to attend the Brics-Bimstec Outreach Summit which the host country India considers as a ‘significant’ event, UNB news agency reported. The Prime Minister along with her entourage left…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday blasted BNP and its chairperson for what she said making a complaint to foreign guests that there is no democracy in the country, UNB news agency reported. “I doubt whether she (Khaleda…
Dhaka-BNP on Saturday claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping sent out a special message that it believes in friendship with people by holding a meeting with the BNP Chairperson ignoring the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament.
Dhaka – Chinese President Xi Jinping left here for Goa, India on Saturday morning wrapping up his historic two-day state visit to Bangladesh.
New York – In an unprecedented step, the Committee to Protect Journalists today released a statement recognizing that a Donald Trump presidency would represent a threat to press freedom. In response to Trump’s threats and vilification of the media during…
Dhaka – Bangladesh and China on Friday signed loans and investment deals worth over US$ 24 billion with Chinese President Xi Jinping saying the Bangladesh-China relations are now at ‘new historical’ turning point and heading towards a ‘promising future’. The…
Dhaka – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said there is ample scope to expand ties between Bangladesh and China in the areas of economic, trade, agriculture and industrial sectors.He also assured of considering the matter of increasing Bangladesh’s export…
Dhaka-Bangladesh and China have signed 27 deals on cooperation in a number of sectors, among which are coastal disaster management and construction of a Karnaphuli tunnel. The deals, signed on Friday, altogether relate to 15 agreements and MoUs and 12…
DHAKA- President Abdul Hamid has sought duty-free and quota-free entry of all Bangladeshi products into the Chinese market to address the current trade imbalance.”We would request you to allow all Bangladeshi products duty-free and quota-free entry into the Chinese market…
Dhaka: Bangladesh and China on Friday signed 27 MoUs and agreements including ones on boosting cooperation in counter-terrorism and infrastructure development and energy cooperation. Of the signed documents, 15 were government-to-government MoUs and deals, while 12 loans and mutual deals.…
Dhaka – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Dhaka Friday morning on a historic state visit to help usher in a new era in Dhaka-Beijing relations, UNB news agency reported. President Abdul Hamid received his Chinese counterpart on his arrival…
South Korea (AP/UNB) — Samsung Electronics said Friday that the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 would cost the company about $3 billion during the current and next quarters, bringing the total cost of the recall to at least $5.3…
Dhaka – Bangladesh and China are likely to sign over 25 MoUs and deals which are expected to usher in a new chapter of greater collaboration between the two countries. The two countries are actively considering 25 priority projects for…
Dhaka – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives here on a historic state visit on Friday morning amid a high hope in Bangladesh that it will steer a ‘historic new journey’ towards opening up a ‘new horizon’ in relations between the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for creating green belts through afforestation to protect the country from natural disasters like cyclone and tidal surge.”The only way before us to protect the country from cyclone and tidal surge…
Dan Goodin Malicious tools can cause infected computers to self destruct. A few months after hackers broke into Bangladesh’s central bank and came close to getting away with $1 billion (~£800M), researchers have uncovered evidence that a separate hacking group…
Washington (AP/UNB) — Two women tell The New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately — groping a woman in one instance and kissing a woman in another — during separate encounters that took place as long as three…
Dhaka-Bangladesh lost the three-match ODI series 2-1 to England after conceding a four-wicket defeat in the keenly contested last game at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chittagong on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated that those who had made war criminals ministers and MPs must face trial one day in Bangladesh, UNB news agency reported. “The war criminals who have been convicted and even their…