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Rizwana invited to join climate dialogue in Nepal
Mar 20, 2025Ghanshyam Bhandari, the ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh, visited Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the adviser for the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change, at her office today. According to a... -
58-day fishing ban in sea to start April 15
Mar 20, 2025On April 15, the government will begin a 58-day fishing embargo in the bay with the goal of ensuring that marine fisheries are properly bred, produced, preserved, and collected. According to a fisheries and livestock ministry... -
Police Headquarters issues safety advisory for Eid
Mar 20, 2025To ensure a safe celebration of the impending Eid-ul-Fitr with loved ones, the Police Headquarters today issued a safety advise for passengers, bus owners and drivers, and watercraft, including launches, speedboats, and trains. “We are requesting... -
Dhaka urges Italy for measures to resolve visa gridlock
Mar 20, 2025Today, Dhaka reaffirmed its concern and requested the Italian embassy to take the necessary steps to expedite the resolution of the current visa backlog and to dispose of the applications of prospective Bangladeshi workers. According to... -
Govt committed for polls on time, CA tells Crisis Group
Mar 20, 2025Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus stated today that the Interim Government is determined to hold the elections on time and would not postpone the vote in response to any requests. The Chief Advisor revealed that his... -
Hamas says open to talks as Israel keeps up Gaza strikes
Mar 19, 2025Hamas said it remained open to negotiations while calling for pressure on Israel Wednesday to implement a Gaza truce after its deadliest bombing since the fragile ceasefire began in January. Israel carried out fresh air strikes... -
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Mar 19, 2025Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women. Since their return to power in 2021, the Taliban... -
War monitor says Israel strikes central Syria military site
Mar 19, 2025A Syria war monitor said Israeli jets struck a military site in central Syria on Tuesday, the latest such attack in recent days. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Israeli air strikes targeted... -
Netanyahu says Gaza strikes ‘only the beginning’
Mar 19, 2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that massive overnight strikes on Gaza were “only the beginning” and that future negotiations with Hamas “will take place only under fire”. The strikes, by far the largest... -
US releases final trove of secret Kennedy assassination files
Mar 19, 2025The last set of documents pertaining to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, which continues to inspire conspiracy theories over 60 years after his passing, was made public by the US National Archives on Tuesday. The action...