On restoring access to abortion, President Joe Biden says his hands are tied without more Democratic senators. Declaring a public health emergency on the matter has downsides, his aides say. And as for gun violence, B…
Voting is underway in India to elect a new President, in a high-octane contest where over 4,500 lawmakers across the country are eligible to exercise their franchise.The front-runner is ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s c…
A delegation of European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade began their three-day visit here on Monday.Heidi Hautala, MEP is leading the European Parliament delegation to Bangladesh.Bangladesh and the European Un…
Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia are urging the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair to Myanmar, the Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, to meet representatives of the Nationa…
General Manoj Pande, India’s chief of army staff, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday on a four-day visit at the invitation of General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army.This is the first foreign visi…
Sri Lanka’s acting president on Monday declared a state of emergency giving him broad authority amid growing protests demanding his resignation two days before the country’s lawmakers are set to elect a new president.Ra…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday said the commission is facing a dilemma because of contrasting stances of the major political parties over the next parliamentary polls.”I am in difficulty i…
The media has focused on the fleeing Rajapakses, gate crashing of official residences and torching one or two but not much on the internal maths of the agitation. Reports suggest that the movement is not monolithic a…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said that his comment about combating words with rifles during elections was a joke.The CEC gave this explanation in a dialogue with the Bangladesh Revolutionary W…
Stating that load-shedding can lead to the government’s fall, BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Monday said people of the country can no longer be fooled by development tablets. “The government has long been feeding th…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been chosen for “Bangabandhu Public Administration Award 2022” under general administration and management category recognising MoFA’s significant contribution.The award will be given on …
Two people were killed and three others, including a child were injured after a truck overturned on the north viaduct of the Padma Bridge on Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Raju Khandakar, 45, and Kawser,…
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