May 2024

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today questioned journalists' need to enter Bangladesh Bank while all the necessary information is available on their website. "Which country allows such free entry to their central…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the economists to devise their policies, plans, and programmes by taking into account the local realities as advice from foreigners in this regard would not be fruitful. The premier was…

Homemaker Nurunnahar Begum could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader asked for Tk 100 for a kilogram of green papaya at the capital's Kachukhet kitchen market. "How can a kg of green papaya cost Tk 100? The price has soared…

The United States has said the sanctions imposed against Bangladesh's elite force Rab are not being withdrawn. "Those claims are false. The US is not withdrawing sanctions against the Rab," said Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the US…

A man who attacked the elderly husband of former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. David DePape was convicted last year of breaking into the couple's San Francisco home and…

They may be attending one of the glitziest festivals on the planet, but some personalities in Cannes are signalling they have not forgotten the war in Gaza. Laura Blajman-Kadar, a survivor of the October 7 attacks on Israel, swept up…

UK Asian Film Festival – the world’s longest running South Asian film festival outside the Subcontinent – announced the winners of its coveted Tongues on Fire Flame Awards at the Closing Gala Ceremony of its 26th edition, on Sunday 12th May…

767 knives and 150 other weapons have been taken off our streets in less than a year thanks to four knife amnesty bins. The bins, installed by charity Words4Weapons, allow people to dispose of knives and other weapons…

Bangladesh and the United Kingdom held their first ever Joint Working Group meeting on Home Affairs on Thursday in London at the British Home Office and signed the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on Returns. British Minister for…

Plans for the UK to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda have been passed by Parliament, but are facing further legal challenge. The Rwanda Bill was introduced to allow the scheme to go ahead after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful.…