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Hasina's remarks meant motivating AL activists

Bangladesh, July 14 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Monday said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's repeated remarks about returning to Bangladesh appeared to be aimed at ... Read More


US invests over $1m in BD heritage preservation: Envoy

Bangladesh, July 14 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen said on Monday that the United States has invested more than $1 million through the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation ... Read More


NCP leader slams reserved-seat MPs role

Bangladesh, July 14 -- MP Akhter Hossen of National Citizen Party (NCP) criticised over the government's decision to allow BNP women MPs elected to reserved seats to perform what he described as "addi... Read More


'92pc mental health patients receive no treatment'

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain said on Monday that more than 92 per cent of people suffering from mental health conditions in Bangladesh do not re... Read More


PM pledges force's dev

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday expressed confidence that the Bangladesh Army would continue to strengthen its international standing through greater professionalism, mo... Read More


Police nab 33,000 nationwide

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Bangladesh Police arrested 32,908 people in an ongoing special operation conducted across the country between May 1 and July 12. Additionally, 83,817 people were arrested in oth... Read More


16 of 18 ADP projects controlled by MP's nephew

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Allegations have emerged against Masud Rana - nephew of Dr. Abdus Salam, MP for Thakurgaon-2, and joint general secretary of Haripur Upazila BNP - of embezzling roughly 45 lakh ... Read More


HRW calls for action on camp landslides

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Bangladesh government, the United Nations and international donors to take urgent steps to reduce disaster risks in Rohingya refugee c... Read More


Middle East rocked by heaviest attacks since Iran-US ceasefire

Bangladesh, July 14 -- The Middle East has been rocked by US and Iranian attacks of a scale unseen since an April ceasefire, as fighting over the strategic Strait of Hormuz threatened to derail effort... Read More


Ram statue builder Haridas held

Bangladesh, July 14 -- Dhaka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police have arrested Haridas Chandra Taroni Das, a widely discussed figure from Palashbari, Gaibandha. A special CID team from D... Read More