January2025

Tehran’s foreign minister, the highest-ranking Iranian official to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, urged for greater cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan during his visit on Sunday. During a one-day visit, Iranian...

In response to reports that the US president had lifted a block on the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs, Donald Trump declared on Saturday that a “lot of things” that Israel had ordered were now being delivered....

Sergei Budyukhin, a pensioner from Belarus who lives 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, says the conflict on the opposite side of the line never seems far away. “I am afraid,” said the talkative 63-year-old on...

As emergency personnel fought to restore services after Storm Eowyn, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland were still without electricity late Saturday. One person was killed, aircraft were grounded,...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur today urged businessmen to provide necessary support and cooperation for sustainable development of the economy. “Bangladesh Bank is working intensively to ensure discipline in the financial sector,” he said while exchanging...

Over US$1.68 billion in remittances were sent by Bangladeshi expatriates in the first 25 days of January of the fiscal year 2024–2025. According to figures issued today by Bangladesh Bank (BB), of this, remittances through state-owned...

Regarding the recently signed heads of agreement (HOA) with US-based Argent LNG for the possible import of up to 5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually for 20 years, Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun,...

Singaporean eye specialists will treat the July-August revolt victims on February 1 and 2 at Bangladesh Eye Hospital in Dhanmondi and the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Those who sustained serious...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has reaffirmed India’s commitment to fostering a mutually beneficial relationship with Bangladesh, highlighting importance of both countries people as key stakeholders in this partnership. “India will continue to seek...

The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) today urged the government to lower airfares and implement strict regulations to curb the widespread practice of bulk ticket sales and hoarding, which has contributed to skyrocketing ticket...