Bangladesh and Myanmar on Thursday resumed talks on repatriation of displaced Rohingyas back to their homeland nearly a year after an apparent lull of direct interactions since the February 1, 2021 military takeover of the country, the foreign ministry said here. “The first ever meeting of the newly formed technical level Ad-Hoc Task Force for Verification of the Displaced Persons from Rakhine…

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 363.69 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.64 million, according to data from the worldometer. In its latest update on Thursday (Jan 27, 6pm Bangladesh Time), the data revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 363.693,138 and 5,647,470 respectively. Besides, a total of 287,884,314 people recovered worldwide from…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said considering the pandemic situation like the other countries in the globe, the government is providing the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccines.  "As per recommendation of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group, Bangladesh, and the approval of the national committee on the implementation of Covid-19 vaccination programme, the booster doses…

Lawmakers in the Jatiya Sangsad today said Bangladesh is  working to overcome the corona pandemic plight and  more than 15 crore people have already been inoculated with  covid vaccines. “Bangladesh is remarkably progressing in tackling the pandemic plight for the last two years since March 2020 under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” said treasury bench lawmaker…

Canada-Bangladesh Joint Working Group has planned to form a joint working committee of the two countries to brand Bangladesh in Canada for boosting both investment and trade. The Group has decided to form the committee at a virtual meeting where nominated members of the governments of the two countries discussed the issue on Tuesday. FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin and Cofounder and Vice Chairman…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament that Bangladesh is advancing towards progress dissipating all the misconceptions regarding the future of independent Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is marching towards development and progress denying all the misconceptions of the pessimists relating to the future of independent Bangladesh,” she said while replying to a tabled question from…

US-Bangla Airlines has announced that it will launch new direct flights to UAE's Sharjah, one of the popular destinations in the Gulf, on January 30. US-Bangla will initially operate flights on the Dhaka-Sharjah-Dhaka route six days a week as the 11th international route, the private airline said in a statement on Wednesday, reports UNB. "US-Bangla Airlines is going to fulfill the long-standing expectations…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the further enhancement of Bangladesh-Russia partnership fully meets the common interests of the two countries and contributes to maintaining peace and stability in Asia. He made the remarks while congratulating his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Bangladesh. "Over the past decades,…

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam has said that hanging cables in the capital must have to be removed by June 30 next. Otherwise, the DNCC would take necessary steps in this regard. He made the remarks while speaking at a meeting held at Nagar Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday afternoon regarding the shifting of overhead cables and repairing of roads by different agencies. The…

Bangladesh has been ranked 13th among the most corrupt countries in the latest corruption perceptions index (CPI). At a virtual press briefing on Monday, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman unveiled the report. more to follow..

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the BNP, which failed in the field of politics, has now resorted to ill-efforts to make the country's people confused about the proposed law on the Election Commission formulation. "Apart from this law, like the past, they (BNP leaders) are trying to make the elections and the electoral process questionable," he said in a statement. Qauder,…

Light rain or drizzle is likely in different parts of the country commencing 9 am on Monday. "Light rain or drizzle is likely at many places over Khulna, Barishal & Chattogram divisions; at a few places over Dhaka & Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi & Mymensingh divisions," said a bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), reports UNB. Besides,…

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has sent letters to banks across the country seeking Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus's bank related all information. The organisation asked the banks to submit the records by Tuesday. The letters were sent on January 20 (Thursday). Bangladesh Bank sought the information, the BFIU sources said. Dr Yunus and his family submitted all bank related information…