The workers have been staging a sit-in in front of the factory to press home their 22-point demands, including the issuance of appointment letters and the settlement of provident fund and gratuity ...

Now is an appropriate time for Bangladesh to adopt a market-based exchange rate system, regardless of the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Fahmida Khatun, executive director of ...

Joy swept across Boalkhali and the wider South Chattogram region as the long-awaited dream of a new Kalurghat Bridge moved one step closer to reality. The Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus officially laid ...

* Vladimir Medinsky, Kremlin aide. To head the delegation. Born in Soviet Ukraine, Medinsky helped lead the 2022 peace talks which ultimately failed.

Twenty-seven former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members were released from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on bail in connection with a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over the Pilkhana carnage in ...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (15 May) that Qatar will invest $10 billion in coming years in the Al Udeid Air Base southwest of the country's capital Doha, the largest US military ...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (15 May) that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had "sort of" agreed to the terms. "We're in very ...

Bangladesh today (15 May) sought Japan's support for more Official Development Assistance (ODA) concessional loans during the 6th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in Tokyo. The country also ...

The repeated public assaults on women and the justification or celebration of such violence show how violence against women is becoming normal, with the aim of controlling and silencing them ...

The BNP has expelled its Fatullah Thana organizational secretary over allegations raised against him of charging extortion money. The party made the announcement after Riyad Md Chowdhury was detained ...

Among the most striking photographs is a 116-year-old image from 1909, featuring the then British Governor of Bengal, Lancelot Hare, being received by the 12th Bomang King, Khajaipru Chowdhury, and hi ...

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