Photo: PID Dhaka, Sept 19 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Myanmar should take the displaced Rohingyas back as they have emerged as a big burden for Bangladesh. “Rohingyas are a big burden for Bangladesh. Local people of ...

SDGs require much greater, long-term, assured global resources, says Shahriar Dhaka, Sept 19 : Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said all the stakeholders should work together to achieve the anticipated outcomes in terms of Sustainable Development Goals ...

Fazlur Rahman Khokon and Iqbal Hossain Shamol have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, through direct voting. BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas announced the results after vote counting ...

Dhaka, Sept 19 : Technical glitch forced a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning. Beni Madhab Biswas, the deputy director of the airport, said a Singapore-bound flight of ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Thursday warned of bringing casino owners and their associates under the ambit of law no matter how influential they are. “No casino will be allowed to operate in the capital,” he ...

142 detained from the casino; 2 more casinos sealed off Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan, a city Jubo League leader (top left corner) Dhaka, Sept 18 : Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members on Wednesday arrested a city Jubo League leader from Gulshan ...

Gazipur, Sept 18 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the nursing education and training in Bangladesh will be upgraded to international standards as the country needs a large number of trained nurses. “Alongside foreign trainings (for nurses), we’re ...

Dhaka, Sept 18 : BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Wednesday alleged that corruption has engulfed all spheres of Bangladesh society as there is no ‘elected’ government in the country. Speaking at a human-chain programme, he said the current government ...

Dhaka, Sept 18 : Bangladesh’s capital was ranked seventh worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday morning. Dhaka had a score of 144 at 11:35am, indicating that the quality was unhealthy. The general public and sensitive individuals in ...

PM leaves for NY Friday; bilateral talks with Modi Sept 24 Dhaka, Sept 18 : Bangladesh will seek expeditious global efforts to repatriate Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State as Rohingya issue will come up during the ...