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Bangladesh’s global mobility and international standing have suffered a sharp blow over the past year, with its passport ranking plunging to one of the weakest in the world amid reports of visa restrictions, deportations and rising global distrust.According to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, r...
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The fire that broke out at Bibaho Bari Community Centre on Kalshi Road in Mirpur-12 was fully extinguished early Saturday, according to Fire Service officials.Firefighters managed to completely douse the flames around 2:40 am, said Khaleda Yeasmin, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence ...
National,Politics
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday urged all political parties to take part in the upcoming national election, putting aside minor differences, to help restore the democratic process in the country.“I call upon all political parties to join the coming election by put...
BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday expressed the hope that their party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will return home by November.“I believe our Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will return to the country within November. We are waiting for his return,” he to...
A total of 309 more Bangladeshi nationals stranded in Libya were brought back to Dhaka on Friday with support from the stakeholders, including Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).They arrived at 9am on a chartered flight operated by Fly Oya Internati...
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Noted businessman Abdul Awal Mintoo has been awarded the Top Agri-Food Pioneer (TAP) 2025 by the World Food Prize Foundation for his outstanding contribution to agriculture, food technology and innovation in Bangladesh.The award was handed over to Mintoo on Wednesday at the Borlaug Dialogue conferen...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Friday said the United Nations, which marks the 80th anniversary, must continue to evolve and adapt if it is to fulfill their collective aspiration for peace and multilateralism."We join the call for reforming the UN to make it more agile, integrated, and eq...
AB Party Chairman Mojibur Rahman Manju on Friday said an alliance may be formed with the new political parties that emerged from the July Uprising, ahead of the upcoming national election.He made the remark while addressing a views-exchange meeting with journalists organised by the Jhenaidah distric...
The two-day 10th Annual Conference of the Communication and Journalism Educators’ Network (CJEN), Bangladesh, began in Dhaka on Friday with a strong call to ensure the safety and security of journalists as a foundation for promoting ethical journalism in the country.The Department of Media and...
Bangladesh on Friday reiterated its unwavering support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.The gove...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday asked members of all ethnic groups and identities to claim the full privileges of their Bangladeshi citizenship, and said if his party can come to power, they will make sincere efforts to address the problems of the different ethnic groups ...
There is no local or international pressure on the government to bring the ousted Awami League (AL) into the electoral race, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Friday.Talking to reporters after placing a wreath at the July Memorial along the banks of the Nabaganga River in M...
The government has started work to develop the country’s first-ever integrated national transport master plan and final map by December, aiming to bring all modes of communication under a single coordinated framework, said Sheikh Moinuddin, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser on Road Transp...
Bangladesh and Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the forthcoming 9th meeting of the Joint Economic Commission, scheduled to be held in Dhaka on 27 October 2025, after a considerable gap.The two countries expressed satisfaction that the two sides have recently made progress in several areas of cooperatio...
BNP is not worried about Jamaat-e-Islami’s move to forge an electoral alliance with some Islamist parties, but the party will counter it politically if any quarter tries to use the religion card in the upcoming national election, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.In an int...
Rejecting Jamaat-e-Islami’s proposal to give the July National Charter constitutional recognition through an executive order, BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said a state cannot be run on emotions.“Some people are saying that the Chief Adviser can now promulgate a law, or issue a...
The government on Thursday approved the draft RPO (Amendment), barring fugitives from contesting elections and reintroducing a ‘No’ vote option in constituencies with a single candidate.The Council of Advisers cleared the draft Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (RP...
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Bangladesh Bank has reinstated the provision of additional increments for officers directly recruited to the 9th and 10th pay grades in a bid to attract and retain highly qualified individuals.The move, aimed at enhancing the central bank's appeal to brilliant minds, was announced recently throu...
A visiting delegation from the Netherlands-based Institute for Multi-Party Democracy (NIMD) met BNP leaders on Thursday and discussed Bangladesh’s overall political situation and issues related to the national election.The hour-long meeting, which began around 4 pm, was held at the BNP Chairpe...
German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Rüdiger Lotz on Thursday said Bangladesh needs to hold a credible election with participation of a plurality of political parties as the country is set for the biggest democratic election in the world next year.“We think that the country needs a credible...
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