Govt to pay heavy price for ‘repressing’ minorities: BNP
BNP vice chairman Netai Roy Chowdhury on Sunday warned that the government will have to pay a heavy price for the growing communal attacks and repression on minorities. “The repression…
MoFA introduces Public Diplomacy wing
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has changed the name of its "External Publicity" wing into "Public Diplomacy" wing to keep it better functional in achieving goals. Through the renamed…
DU to drop D, E unit admission tests
Dhaka University (DU) has decided to drop the undergraduate admission tests of D and E units – held for social science and fine arts faculties – from the 2021-22 academic…
Visa office remains open for special, urgent needs: Chinese Embassy
The Chinese Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday said its visa office remains open, and Bangladeshi nationals with special and urgent needs for traveling can still come for visa application. The…
HC asks BWDB engineer to surrender within 3 weeks
The High Court on Sunday asked a Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) engineer to surrender within three weeks. The official, accused in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission…
Mujib Borsho: Special session of parliament begins
The 10th session of the 11th Parliament, also a special session marking the Mujib Borsho, began at 6:00pm on Sunday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. Parliament…
Covid-19 claims 18 more lives, infects 1,474 in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported 1,474 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours until early Sunday, pushing the caseload to 420,238. Meanwhile, 18 more patients died from the virus at that time,…
Dry weather likely
The Met Office has forecast dry weather with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9am on Sunday. About the synoptic situation, Bangladesh Meteorological…