Reports on Rohingya children learning closure false, fabricated: MoFA

May 6, 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said the reports on closure of Rohingya children learning facilities and barring teachers or students to attend the classes are false and fabricated. “It is deep concern that disinformation is being propagated about the learning facilities for the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN)/Rohingya children,” the ministry Continue Reading

Sufferings of passport seekers mount as brokers infest Khagrachhari Passport Office

April 19, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Khagrachhari Khagrachhari Regional Passport Office is so much infested with brokers and lobbyists that anybody going there would have an experience like it were the brokers and lobbyists that run the Passport Office –because they are everywhere. For this, passport service recipients suffer so much. If you do not turn to brokers and […]Continue Reading

US keen to assist in modernising Bangladesh armed forces

April 7, 2022

News Desk: The United States (US) is keen to assist in the modernization of Bangladesh’s armed forces while Dhaka and Washington agree to continue the discussion over sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as the two countries have concluded eight round of security dialogue. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and US Under Secretary of State […]Continue Reading

Padma Bridge opens to traffic at year end: PM

April 6, 2022

News Desk:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the parliament that the long-cherished Padma Bridge will open to traffic at the end of this year, saying the construction progress of the main bridge is 96.50 percent. “The construction work is progressing fast aimed at opening the Padma Bridge to traffic at the end of 2022,” […]Continue Reading

Tigers suffer a big defeat in Durban Test

April 4, 2022

News Desk: A sensational batting collapse, triggered by left arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, scripted Bangladesh’s humiliating 220-run defeat to South Africa in the first Test at Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban on Monday. Maharaj caught Bangladesh in spin web to claim 7-32 as Bangladesh were skittled out for just 53, their second lowest total in […]Continue Reading

Two Bangladeshi nationals apprehended by BSF, handed over to BGB

April 3, 2022

News Desk: Two Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman and a minor boy, were apprehended by the troops of Border Outpost, Jeetpur, 68 Battalion, as they crossed the international border on Friday, India Today reports. Both the nationals were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) as a goodwill gesture. The minor boy is a […]Continue Reading

Holy Ramadan begins today

April 2, 2022

The holy month of Ramadan of 1443 Hijri will begin in Bangladesh today as the new moon was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh yesterday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka yesterday […]Continue Reading

Border deaths a major stain on Bangladesh-India engagement: Shahriar

March 30, 2022

News Desk: The death toll of Bangladeshis on the border has become a major stain on bilateral engagement with India, along with the thorny water-sharing issue of transboundary 54 rivers, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said. “Witnessing rising turmoil all around borders of India and therefore, a stable, moderate Bangladesh as a […]Continue Reading

Independence Day observed

March 26, 2022

News Desk: The 52nd Independence and National Day was celebrated across the country, including Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban, commemorating the Liberation War heroes whose sacrifices ensured its freedom from Pakistani oppression in 1971. The government took elaborate programmes marking the Independence and National Day. The day’s programmes began by heralding Continue Reading

US under secretary in city, partnership dialogue tomorrow

March 19, 2022

BSS United States (US) undersecretary for political affairs Victoria Nuland arrived here this afternoon as Dhaka and Washington are set to hold 8th partnership dialogue to deepen the ties coinciding with the 50th year of bilateral relations between the two nations. Nuland arrived here first as part of her tri-nation visit to South Asia includes […]Continue Reading