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IOM should find new partners to raise more funds for Rohingya refugees: PM

Dhaka, May 7 -- Amid a decrease in funding for the assistance of Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to... Read More


UK Minister in Dhaka to strengthen partnership in economic, security, migration

Dhaka, May 7 -- UK Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday morning on a two-day visit to strengthen the economic, security and migration partnership bet... Read More


Govt eyes extension of hajj visa application deadline again

Dhaka, May 7 -- The government has requested Saudi authorities to extend the Hajj visa application deadline again as most of the applicants do not have visas yet. On April 30, the Saudi government ex... Read More


Lightning strikes claim three lives in Gopalganj

Dhaka, May 7 -- Three people were killed by lightning strikes while they were working on paddy fields in three separate upazilas of Gopalganj district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Amrit... Read More


418 BGB platoons, 150,000 Ansars deployed for first phase of Upazilla polls

Dhaka, May 7 -- Bangladesh has deployed 418 platoons of the Border Guard Bangladesh during the first phase of the Upazila council polls to maintain law and order in the constituencies going to the pol... Read More


Bangladesh, Uzbekistan to resume direct flights

Dhaka, May 6 -- Bangladesh and Uzbekistan are going to resume direct flights once again. To this end, the cabinet approved a draft bilateral agreement during its meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Ha... Read More


1st Phase Upazila Polls: 70pc of chairman candidates businesspersons, says TIB

Dhaka, May 6 -- About 70 per cent of the candidates vying for the chairman position in the first phase of the sixth Upazila Parishad elections are businesspersons, according to the Transparency Intern... Read More


Two-day denim expo kicks off at ICCB

Dhaka, May 6 -- The 16th edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo began on Monday at the International Convention City Bashundhar (ICCB) in Dhaka with the theme of "reimagine". More than 60 exhibitors from 1... Read More


A JU staff's son found hanging from a tree on campus

Dhaka, May 6 -- A young person's body was discovered hanging from a tree on the campus of Jahangirnagar University (JU). The deceased, identified as Jisan Ahmed (24), is the son of Nazrul Islam, a sta... Read More


USITC delegation meets BGMEA leaders

Dhaka, May 6 -- A United States International Trade Commission (USITC) delegation on Sunday met with SM Mannan (Kochi) President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGME... Read More