August2024

The United States and 10 Latin American countries issued a joint statement Friday rejecting the Venezuela Supreme Court’s certification of President Nicolas Maduro’s July 28 reelection, widely rejected at home and abroad. The governments of Argentina, Costa...

One day before Ukraine celebrates its independence, on Friday, the United States announced broad penalties against over 400 people and organizations connected to Russia’s war in that country. The actions taken against Russia over the invasion,...

The United Nations warned that a human tragedy was occurring in Rakhine State on Friday, expressing fear that the atrocities against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar might recur. Volker Turk, the UN’s human rights commissioner, expressed...

When the member of the K-pop megagroup BTS showed up to a South Korean police station on Friday to be questioned, he apologized profusely to the reporters for using an electric scooter while intoxicated. On August...

Today, at the Army Headquarters here, a team from the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), led by its president Mahbubul Alam, paid a courtesy call to Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman. According to...

Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB), Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, announced today that Nagad Digital Bank PLC’s license for digital banking has been revoked, and the central bank will be reviewing the procedure. “The Nagad digital banking...

Owing to the work stoppage of 902 general Ansar personnel stationed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has implemented additional security measures. “We have managed to cover the absence...

Professor Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, a distinguished fellow of the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), urged the interim administration today to reveal information concerning those implicated in money laundering and to ensure that they are swiftly and...

The present flood that has affected over 48 lakh people and claimed 15 lives has devastated 77 upazilas across 11 districts of the country. Eleven of the fifteen fatalities occurred in the districts of Cumilla, Feni,...

Today, non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders will meet with Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser to the interim government, to discuss the recent flood crisis in the nation. According to Apurba Jhangir, the deputy press secretary...