Bangladesh and Bhutan today signed three new memorandum of understandings (MoUs) and renewed one to enhance mutual cooperation between the two neighbouring countries. The new MoUs are - Establishment of Special Economic Zone in Kur...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Martyrs' Memorial here on the outskirts of the capital early this morning, marking the 54th Independence and National Da...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of 54th Independence and National Day. The premier paid glowing tributes to the Father of the Nation by placin...
The southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight, despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory where famine is looming. Besieged Gaza is in desperate need of aid and...
The United States military said Wednesday it had downed four drones launched by Iran-backed Huthi forces in Yemen aimed at a US warship in the Red Sea. US Central Command said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that its forces...
A court here today set May 8 for submitting the probe report in a case lodged over the escape of two death row militants from a Dhaka court's police custody. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim fixed the new date allowing...
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned of the "real" threat of conflict in Europe, saying that for the first time since the end of World War II the continent has entered a "pre-war era". "War is no longer a concept from the p...
Talks between the United States and Israel on the potential operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip may take place in Washington on April 1, CNN said citing its sources. Acco...
One person was killed and four others were injured, two of them seriously as a truck and an auto-rickshaw collided head-on at Kalabari in Shibganj upazila of the district this morning. Police identified the deceased as Rakibul, 65,...
The first consignment of Indian onion is expected to arrive in Bangladesh by tonight and would be sold to the consumers at Taka 40 per kilogram (kg) at retail level, said State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu. "A total of...