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Today, at a bilateral meeting between Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in this city, Dhaka and Jakarta agreed to cooperate in the fields of...

On Saturday, the health directorate announced the greatest number of dengue deaths in the nation—21—bringing the total for this year to 618. Currently, Bangladesh is second in the world for dengue-related infections after Brazil, which this...

The much-anticipated 11.5 kilometer Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport–Farmgate segment of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway, which is anticipated to drastically lessen traffic congestion in the city, was officially opened today by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. At the...

According to Antonio Guterres, secretary general of the UN, there are currently no signs that the Ukrainian war will be resolved. “Hope never ends, but I would of course be lying if I would say that...

Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh’s foreign secretary, said today that there is no cause to be discouraged about Bangladesh’s exclusion from the BRICS as Dhaka hopes to join this group of developing economies in the future. “It’s...

In order to strengthen capacity-building for the effective management of the national pension scheme introduced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to bring the populace under the pension coverage, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) today organized...

A $300 million funding agreement was struck today by the Bangladeshi government and the World Bank to provide 900,000 economically disenfranchised rural adolescents with the skills and alternative education they need for employment and entrepreneurship. Approximately...

In order to support Bangladesh’s continuous prosperity, Prime Minister and President of the Awami League Sheikh Hasina has asked Bangladeshi expats working overseas to vote for her party’s “Boat” electoral symbol in the upcoming general election....

Chinese President Xi Jinping reassured Bangladesh that his nation will always be there for it, particularly by supporting Bangladesh’s membership in the BRICS and securing a long-term resolution to the Rohingya problem. “I will always support...

Today marks the 19th anniversary of the horrifying grenade attack on a protest against terrorism held by the then-opposition Awami League in the capital on August 21, 2004. On this day in 2004, when the BNP-Jamaat...