Dhaka, June 17 -- Bangladesh has been elected chair of the bureau of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the first time. Bangladesh Ambassador Nah... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has reached Sreemangal to inaugurate a Family Card distribution programme for women, as part of a day-long visit to Moulvibazar. He arrived at the stag... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has left for Moulvibazar to oversee a Family Card distribution drive and address a public rally. He arrived at Shahjalal International Airport from his... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has touched down in Sylhet on his way to Moulvibazar for a Family Card distribution drive. He left Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after 9:30a... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has urged people to remain vigilant against those who say the government "should not be given time" to work, arguing that such calls are driven by their... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- The High Court has issued a rule asking why a man named Shahadat Hossain Shyamal, who was "paralysed" in a reported police shooting in Munshiganj seven years ago, should not be given... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- Amid a continued reshuffle in the administration's top brass, the government has promoted two senior officials to the rank of secretary. Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Sharf Uddin Ah... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested six more people, including "notorious criminal" Excel Babu, in connection with the stabbing of a mobile financial service (MFS) agent du... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- The government has taken an initiative to install barbed-wire fencing along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to prevent criminal activities, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said. On... Read More
Dhaka, June 17 -- Indian authorities have forcibly expelled ethnic Bengali residents, mostly Muslims from West Bengal, to Bangladesh without due process, leaving dozens of families stranded along the ... Read More