Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Hamzah bin Zainudin is likely to visit Dhaka later this month on a three-day visit to discuss issues of mutual interests with Bangladesh. He will visit Bangladesh, arriving January 25, at the invitation of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad. During the visit, Hamza Zainudin will also hold a meeting with his counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan,…

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal today left for the Maldives and Sri Lanka at the invitation of the Chief of the National Defense Force of the Maldives and Chief of Sri Lankan Navy. Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (operations) and Commander of Dhaka Naval Office officially bid him a farewell at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said a press release. During his visit in the Maldives,…

The efforts to build the Bangladesh Army as a world-class force through realistic and up-to-date training, will continue, said Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Thursday. “Apart from the training, Bangladesh Army stands by the people in all possible sectors,” he said while talking to reporters after witnessing the winter exercise of Bangladesh Army in Mymensingh. The four-week…

Bangladesh reported 12 more Covid-19 linked deaths and 3,359 more cases of infections in 24 hours till Thursday morning with the Continuous keeps escalating in the country. With the fresh cases reported after testing 27,486 samples, the daily positivity rate kept increasing to 12.03 per cent from Wednesday’s 11.68 per cent during the 24-hour period, according to the Directorate General of Health…

Bashundhara Group is the first to introduce Bashundhara Media Award-2021 for investigative journalism in the country. Winners of the five categories will each receive Tk 2, 50,000. Besides, 64 renowned journalists from 64 districts will be honoured and be given crest and money. The deadline for submitting reports for Bashundhara Media Award-2021 in Journalism has been extended by 15 days. Earlier,…

President M Abdul Hamid today, on the 16th day of the ongoing dialogue with political parties over forming an acceptable Election Commission (EC), separately held discussions with three political parties – Zaker Party, Bangladesh Kalyan Party and Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) at Bangabhaban here. Held at the Durbar Hall here, the representatives of the respective political parties placed their…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on leveraging the research-based knowledge for the country’s socioeconomic development, calling upon the researchers to put concentration on basic and practical researches alongside exploring unused resources. “Along with the research, we are putting emphasize on how the knowledge, gained from the research, can be used for our socio-economic…

Bangladesh and Denmark have agreed to work together on climate change and infrastructural development issues for mutual benefits.  Both the countries expressed their eagerness when Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen phoned Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this afternoon marking the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence and 50 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.  PM's…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the unvaccinated people of the country to take the Covid-19 jab immediately to protect their lives from the new variant of the pandemic. "I urge those who haven't yet get vaccinated to receive vaccines soon. We started vaccinating school students as well. At least life might be saved if one gets vaccinated," she said while inaugurating the newly constructed…

Outgoing US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller expressed hope that the “excellent relations” between the two countries would reach “new heights” in the future, noting that a high-level delegation from Washington would visit Dhaka within the next few months. He said the delegation has started preparations to discuss various issues of mutual interest with a view to taking…

Bangladesh has ranked 103rd out of 116 countries in the strong passport index of Henley Passport Index-2022 jumping five spots in the list.  According to the latest edition of the Henley Passport Index 2022 Q1, Bangladesh shares its incumbent position with Kosovo and Libya.  Japan and Singapore secured the top spots in the index while neighboring Myanmar ranked 97th in it. According…

People have to wear masks everywhere, including shops and shopping malls, and maintain social distance, as the tough Covid-19 restrictions imposed by the government took effect on Thursday. In an effort to slow down the virus transmission, the government on Monday imposed the harsh restrictions in the wake of Omicron outbreak and the overall Covid situation in the country. The Cabinet Division issued…

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, was unanimously elected as the President of the UN Women Executive Board for the year 2022.  The election of the 5-member bureau was held in New York, which also elected the Permanent Representatives of Argentina, Ukraine, Iceland and Sierra Leone as the vice presidents, says a press release on Wednesday (Jan…