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Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today stated that if a sudden election is held without creating a legal and institutional framework, the core spirit and objectives of the student-public movement will remain at risk. TIB Executive Director...

UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West today said her government would extend full support for Bangladesh, including in its efforts to bring back billions of dollars of laundered money. She made the comments when she...

From November 16–17, Catherine West, the British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Indo-Pacific at the UK Foreign Office, will travel to Bangladesh. “One of the main objectives of her visit is to strengthen ties between...

Mansour Chavoshi, the Iranian ambassador in Dhaka, visited Brig. Gen. (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, the shipping, labour, and employment adviser, at his secretariat office today. The Iranian ambassador conveyed to the current interim government the collaboration...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will address the Opening Session of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at the Conference of the Parties-29 (COP29), tomorrow. “The Chief Adviser will deliver his speech at the Opening Session of...

Dhaka today raised deep concern to Myanmar over instances of gunfire targeting Bangladeshi fishermen amid the neighbouring country’s internal conflict, stressing the urgency of preventing further such occurrences. According to a press release from the foreign ministry, the meeting’s Foreign...

The Host Country Agreement for the establishment of the BIMSTEC Energy Centre (BEC) in Bengaluru has been signed by the Indian government and the BIMSTEC Secretariat. According to a BIMSTEC press statement issued here today, it...

The July Uprising Memorial Museum in Ganabhaban will preserve the rickshaw that carried the body of Ghulam Nafiz, a martyr of the anti-discrimination struggle, as a memorial. According to a ministry press release, Md. Nahid Islam,...

In a dramatic political comeback that shocked the world, Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the US presidential election on Wednesday, winning by a wide margin. Following one of the most antagonistic campaigns in contemporary US...

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the adviser for environment, forests, and climate change, stated today that Bangladesh’s collaboration with the World Bank is crucial to achieving the country’s environmental goals. “Together, we aim to strengthen the nation’s defenses...