M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government has ensured the voting rights of people. She also said democracy is now established on a strong base in the country, reports UNB. “We’ve ensured it (the environment) so that the people of Bangl ...বিস্তারিত
Hossen Sohel: Strong action to combat climate change could cumulatively add at least $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, according to a study published yesterday. President Donald Trump, for instance, said last year that he would pull the United States out of a globa ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Cambodia’s parliament on Wednesday held its first session since a July general election in which Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party claimed victory but which critics called a sham because of the lack of a viable opposition. The United Nations and Western coun ...বিস্তারিত
Sayeed Muhammad: Two suspected drug dealers were killed in separate incidents in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed was gun fights in Sadar upazila of Feni. With the latest casualties, the number of deaths stood at 223 across the country since May 12 after the govern ...বিস্তারিত
Xinhua: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to hold talks with senior Pakistani civil and military leaders later on Wednesday, officials and diplomatic sources said. Sources familiar with the visit told Xinhua that Pompeo will lead his side in official talks wit ...বিস্তারিত
M Humayun Kabir: Akashbeena, the first-ever dreamliner of Bangladesh Biman started its formal journey yesterday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally opened its wing in the sky from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport aimed at making the national flag carrier more vibra ...বিস্তারিত
Kabir Humayun: Bang-ladesh Embassy in Tripoli asked Bangladesh nationals living in Libya to limit their movement and remain alert to avoid any untoward incidents. Sources at Bangladesh Embassy in Libya said the Embassy also urged the Bangladesh nationals there to stay in to ...বিস্তারিত
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section: Local and international rights groups like International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Union and the United States have continued in putting pressure on the government for rev ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday withdrew amnesty for an opposition senator involved in a failed coup 15 years ago and ordered his arrest, in what would be the second detention of a lawmaker critical of him. Antonio Trillanes, Duterte’s most vocal ...বিস্তারিত
BBC: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended a decision to have a plane make an extra flight so she can spend less time away from her baby. Ms Ardern, who still breastfeeds her baby, is headed to the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru for a day on Wednesday. The ...বিস্তারিত