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Zokey Ahad appointed next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mauritius

Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- The government has appointed Zokey Ahad, currently serving as the Consul General of Bangladesh Consulate General in Kunming, China, as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mau... Read More


US lauds Bangladesh's generosity of hosting Rohingyas but finds security problems

Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has said the current situation in Myanmar does not seem to be getting better and he sees deeper security... Read More


Death of domestic help: Daily Star journalist, wife land in jail after remand

DHAKA, Feb. 18 -- A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Daily Star executive editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khandaker to jail after a 4-day remand in a case over the death of a domestic worker w... Read More


Cosmos Foundation holds dialogue on Bangladesh-ASEAN relation on Monday

, Feb. 18 -- George Yeo, former foreign minister of Singapore, will present a keynote address on "Bangladesh and ASEAN in a Multimodal World" at a dialogue at a local hotel on Monday. The discussion,... Read More


Bangladesh reports 43 more COVID-19 cases in 24hrs

Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Bangladesh reported 43 more COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total COVID-19 caseload rose to 2,047,887, according to the Directora... Read More


Onion, sugar likely to be imported from India before Ramadan: State Minister

DHAKA, Feb. 18 -- The government will be able to supply onion and sugar, imported from India, to the market before the month of Ramadan, said State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu on Sunday.... Read More


Cosmos Group signs MoU with DU Digital

Cosmos Group, Feb. 18 -- sector conglomerate, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DU Digital, an India-based company which is engaged in the business of visa processing services to emb... Read More


PM scheduled to return home Monday from Munich Security Conference

Munich, Feb. 18 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to return home on Monday morning after attending the three-day Munich Security Conference in Germany, her first foreign tour since winning ... Read More


Teenage boy hacked to death in Mymensingh

Mymensingh, Feb. 18 -- year-old boy was hacked to death allegedly by a youth over a trivial matter in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Mustaqim, son of S... Read More


From yogurt seller to beacon of hope

Chapainawabganj, Feb. 18 -- At 91, a yogurt seller from Chapainawabganj's Bholahat upazila, Ziaul Haque, may have missed out on formal education himself, but he has been a beacon of learning for hundr... Read More