HPC URGES SHIFT IN GOVT’S PEACE NEGOTIATING TEAM
Amid reports on a possible withdrawal of a “significant” number of US forces from Afghanistan, the US Vice President Mike Pence said Trump “is in the process of evaluating”...
OVER 200 PROSECUTED WITHIN ONE YEAR IN CASES RELATING TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
The Athan (Voice) Activist Organization issued a report on January 3 which says 217 people were prosecuted in 103 cases in relation to freedom of expression during 2018.
Its ‘2018...
US ENVOY MEETS FAKHRUL
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller today met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to discuss the recently concluded 11th parliamentary elections.
They sat in the meeting, starting...
TRUMP-IMRAN SUMMIT ON THE CARDS AMID PAKISTAN-US THAW
Pakistan and the United States are discussing a proposal about arranging the maiden meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump, officials said on Thursday, hours after...
MALIK SAYS FTA WITH SINGAPORE IS ON
Despite the recommendations of the Committee of Experts (CoE) appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena to revisit the Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA, Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama insisted...
PEOPLE WHO FEEL UNSAFE IN INDIA SHOULD BE BOMBED, SAYS BJP MLA VIKRAM SAINI
Days after veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah’s comment on intolerance in India erupted into a full-blown controversy, a BJP MLA from Khatauli has said people who feel threatened and unsafe...
Bangladesh-China ink contract on Dhaka Bypass
Bangladesh and China have signed a concession contract to upgrade Dhaka Bypass under a public-private partnership arrangement.
A consortium of companies from Sichuan Road and Bridge Group of China, Shamim...
US to keep special operations forces in Afghanistan
The United States plans to withdraw around 7,000 out of its 14,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan, however, the direct-action Special Operations Forces (SOF) will remain in the country to...
India-Bhutan relations strengthened: PM Tshering
India extended unconditional support to the development programmes of the 12th Plan, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said at the first press briefing after returning from his State visit...
PRESIDENT INVITES HASINA TO FORM NEW GOVT
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina meets president Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Thursday. Photo: UNBPresident Abdul Hamid on Thursday invited Awami League president Sheikh Hasina to form the new government...
THE DEATH OF A RADIANT STAR
He was one of the brightest stars in Bangladesh politics. Known for his honesty, humility and simplicity, he was a giant of a politician. He was a charismatic leader...
’30-60PC VOTES CAST NIGHT BEFORE POLLS’
Seven MPs-elect of Jatiya Oikyafront yesterday refrained from taking oath and the alliance claimed that ruling party men had stuffed the boxes with “30 to 60” percent of the...
INDIA TO BEGIN INDUCTING S-400 AIR-DEFENCE SYSTEMS FROM OCTOBER 2020
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will begin receiving the first of five Russian-made Almaz-Antei S-400 Triumf self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from October 2020, Minister of State for Defence...
THOUSANDS DISPLACED AS MYANMAR ARMY AND RAKHINE REBELS CLASH
Rakhine state was notably sidelined in an unexpected unilateral ceasefire announced by the military in December that only covered conflicts in the northeast of the country
Weeks of fighting between...
PM MODI TO BEGIN 2019 POLL CAMPAIGN IN ASSAM FROM SILCHAR
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to begin the campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Assam from Silchar in Barak Valley on Friday, a Bharatiya Janata Party...
Another Note Ban: RBI stops printing Rs 2000 notes, two years after it was...
India has stopped printing its newly launched Rs 2000 notes, to get it slowly out of circulation and thereafter from the market.
The circulation has already decreased and at most...
Future Sichuan-Tibet Railway could link Tibet with South Asian nations
The Sichuan-Tibet Railway, which is expected to start construction in late 2019, is slated to be a major artery of transportation linking China with South Asian countries, such as...
Maldives’ president Solih departs to Sri Lanka on unofficial visit
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has departed on a three-day unofficial visit to Sri Lanka.
The President departed on Thursday.
President’s Spokesperson Ibrahim Hoodh revealed that the visit will conclude within three...
Bangladesh opposition boycotts oath, calls for new election
Opposition members of Bangladesh’s parliament boycotted a swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, after rejecting results of a general election that they said was rigged to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
India to host two-day meeting of Arab League
India will host foreign ministers of 22 Arab League nations in Delhi at a two-day meet from January 31 in the first such engagement in recent years with the...
Trump ‘looks forward to’ meeting Imran Khan
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants a “great relationship” with Pakistan and is looking forward to meeting the new leadership in that country.
Donald Trump told his Cabinet...