January 22, 2023

Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has expressed optimism that the “pilot project” of Rohingya repatriation would be executed at an early date.He thanked China for its “active role” in a trilateral initiative among Banglad…

A truck driver was injured when a train hits a truck at Amtoli near Shibganj rail station in Thakurgaon sadar upazila on Sunday.Akhtarul Islam, Thakurgaon Road Rail Station Master, said the ‘Panchagarh Express’ inter-city train hit the truck when it tr…

The chief election commissioner on Sunday sought an appointment from Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury for a meeting about holding the 22nd presidential election.Confirming the matter, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury told reporters that CEC Kazi …

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the country’s people will in no way accept one-party rule.“Even, they (Obaidul Quader) said today (Sunday) that we’ll shape our democracy our way. Democracy is now theirs. Which democracy…

Maj Gen (Retd) ANM Muniruzzaman has been elected Chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC).He was elected for a three-year term in its general meeting held recently.Muniruzzaman is a founding member of GMACCC and has w…

Turkey on Saturday canceled a planned visit by Sweden’s defense minister in response to anti-Turkish protests that increased tension between the two countries as Sweden seeks Turkey’s approval to join NATO.A far-right activist from Denmark received per…

UNB Senior Reporter Sadrul Hasan and Bangladesh Pratidin Senior Reporter Shafiul Alam Dolon have been elected the president and secretary of Dhaka Sangbadik Samabay Samity for 2023.The election of the Samity’s management committee started at 1pm Sunday…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested a convicted member of the banned militant group Hizb ut-Tahrir from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.The arrestee was identified as Tauhidur Rahman Tauhid, 32, an active member of the ‘Dawah’ and finance depa…

State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan on Sunday told Parliament that a total of 1981 people were sent to Saudi Arabia to perform the holy hajj at the government’s cost since 2014.He said this replying to a tabled question from Awami L…

Chris Hipkins was confirmed Sunday (January 22, 2023) as New Zealand’s next prime minister and he chose Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy, marking the first time a person with Pacific Island heritage has risen to that rank.Hipkins got the unanimous support…

A leader of the Rowmari upazila unit of Awami League (AL) has been relieved from party post over assaulting a headmaster in the upazila under Kurigram district.The accused is Rokonuzzaman Rokon, relief and social welfare secretary of the Rowmari upazil…

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the judicial system, measures that opponents say imperil the country’s democratic fundamentals.Israe…