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Dhaka – Amid the deepening political tension ahead of the crucial national election, British Senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Baroness Warsi arrives here on Thursday to discuss polls issues with political leaders.

The US ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena extolled Bangladeshis for their climate resilience on Friday. “Bangladeshis truly are tough, resilient, creative people…people who stand tough against the ravages of nature,” he said inaugurating a coastal crisis management centre at Pagla,…

Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden on Thursday said the international community would not play the mediator’s role in resolving the political crisis ahead of Bangladesh’s national election billed for January 5.

US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Thursday lauded Bangladesh for its ‘great contributions’ to global peacekeeping saying the world is safer, more secure and more stable today.

Bangladesh once again made an unequivocal call for an independent, sovereign state of Palestine with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.

Dhaka – Indian foreign secretary Sujatha Singh arrives here on December 4 on a two-day visit to Bangladesh.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Saturday said the ‘election-time government’ has no authority to sign Ticfa with the United States.

Malaysia on Monday assured that it would look after the Bangladeshi workers so that they don’t face any adverse situation there.   The assurance came from visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Bin Razak during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh…

Greenwatch Desk Agartala: ULFA leader Anup Chetia, currently lodged in a jail in Bangladesh, will be extradited to India after the completion of judicial formalities, Bangladesh’s Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir said here Sunday.

The red carpet was rolled out as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived here on Sunday night on a three-day official visit to Bangladesh.

As the country’s bickering political parties seem nowhere close to any understanding over the polls-time government, a sub-committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress is set to organise a hearing on the political situation in Bangladesh on…

New Delhi: A Bharatiya Janata Party delegation Wednesday met Bangladesh High Commissioner Mahbub Hassan Saleh and lodged a protest over attacks on Hindus in that country. The delegation was led by BJP’s convenor of overseas affairs Vijay Jolly. “He (Jolly)…

RCC elects 3 panel mayors and 22 standing committee chairmen The present council of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has elected three panel mayors and chairmen of 22 standing commitees from among the 40 elected councilors including 10 reserved seats for…

Speakers at a function in Gaibandha Friday stressed the need for turning the hands of the unemployed youths into working ones to build a poverty, hunger and unemployment free enriched nation.

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert W Gibson on Monday welcomed the many positive aspects of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s press conference statement, and hoped that all sides would approach the dialogue in a spirit of compromise and trust.

The honour Bangladesh received for the progress it made in reducing poverty should be retained, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday upon returning to Dhaka.

Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF), which has ordered a revision trial in the fatal shooting of a minor Bangladeshi girl, Felani Khatun by one of its troopers, Saturday admitted use of “excessive force” in the case and said it…

Dismissing the media report that he had a telephonic conversation with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said he never talked to her since he assumed office.  

Kolkata: A minor Bangladeshi girl, who along with her mother and brother had illegally migrated to India and spent few years at a shelter home in West Bengal following their arrest, was Saturday repatriated by the Border Security Force (BSF).

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) seized huge smuggled Indian sarees and different other clothes worth about Tk39 lakh from Kharidagnga Battala area under Sharsha upazila early Sunday.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday turned down the top bureaucrats’ demand for awarding 20 percent dearness allowance before announcing a new pay scale for government staff.  

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday said the quality of services by all the mobile network operators in the country is falling. 

DHAKA – Policymakers and telecom experts at a dialogue on Saturday said that the country is still lagging behind in developing core telecom infrastructure that requires for providing quality internet service at affordable cost to maximise benefit from information and…

Representatives from the United Nations, other donor countries and organisations on Tuesday expressed hope that the next parliamentary elections in Bangladesh would be free, fair and credible with all political parties participating in it. They said this after one-and-half-hour long…

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday recovered the body of a Bangladeshi young man, who died from electrocution, on Boikari border in Sadar upazila early Sunday.

Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday said the present government is strongly committed to reining in militancy with an iron hand.

US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Thursday said cheap politicians and greedy land grabbers are a threat to a nation like Bangladesh.  

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will quiz 11 top officials of ICL Group, including its chairman, in connection with the alleged swindling of client’s money amounting to around Tk 7,000 crore by the Ideal Cooperative Society Limited, a sister concern…

Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Tuesday said the Fakhruddin-led caretaker government committed massive corruption by illegally staying in power for two years.