I recently chaired a seminar in Dhaka on the need for an independent central bank. Not surprisingly there was broad-based support from the participants composed of political and civil society leaders, ...

Most of the returnees had entered Libya illegally through human traffickers, lured by false promises of migration to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea ...

He made the call in a Facebook post today (24 October), following questions raised by several political parties, including BNP, Jamaat, and NCP, about the neutrality of some advisers during recent ...

The people’s aspiration to elect their representatives through voting cannot be obstructed in any way,” he says ...

The initiative is expected to meet the longstanding demand of residents in five upazilas of Jashore, Khulna and Satkhira districts ...

Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Dr Enamur Rahman, and Advocate Qamrul Islam, have also been named as accused in the murder case ...

PS Mahsud, a century-old steamer of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), will be added to a river-centric tourism service next month on the Dhaka–Barishal route ...

Salahuddin said the chief adviser has been urged to maintain the government’s neutrality during the election period ...

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The uncomfortable behaviour of some advisers has created doubts among public about the upcoming national election, BNP leader Humayun Kabir said today (24 October). He made the remarks while talking ...

Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their dialogue partners, including US President Donald Trump, will meet in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur from 26 to 28 October ...

Coast guard received a tip-off last night that several people, including women and children, had been assembled in a remote hilly area of Baharchhara union’s Pinishbhanga with the intention of traffic ...