The construction work of underground metro rail will be inaugurated on February 2, said Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) authorities on Tuesday.“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the underground metro rail around 11 am at Purbacha…
Myanmar’s junta—the State Administration Council (SAC)—is illegal and illegitimate, the UN human rights expert on Myanmar said on Tuesday.He called for the international community to deny the SAC legitimacy, create a coalition of member states to enfo…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today has given Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami two months to prepare a brief statement of an appeal filed by the party against a High Court (HC) verdict that declared the registration of the party with Elec…
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Tuesday reiterated the standard line of the government that the United States sanctioned elite force RAB and individuals associated with it on the basis of wrong information.The State Minister was pa…
The air quality of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka continued to be in the ‘very unhealthy’ zone this morning.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 291 at 8:45 am today (January 31, 2023), Dhaka ranked first in the list of cities with the worst air.Pakis…
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a request for a six-month visitor visa to stay in the U.S., indicating he may have no immediate intention of returning home, where legal issues await.The application was first reported by The Financi…
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said it arrested two fugitives on death row, who were sentenced by the International Crimes Tribunal for committing crimes against humanity in 1971, from Dhaka’s Dakkhinkhan and Savar’s Ashulia area on Monday.The convi…
Michael Jackson’s 26-year-old nephew, Jaafar Jackson, will play the King of Pop in the planned biopic “Michael” to be directed by Antoine Fuqua.Lionsgate announced Jackson’s casting Monday for the film being produced by Oscar-winning “Bohemian Rhapsod…
The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 88 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault, on a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent ye…
Electricity tariff was raised in Bangladesh at both retail and bulk levels, with effect from tomorrow (February 1).The Power Division — through administrative order and in two separate gazette notifications — raised the tariff.According to the new ord…
Florida Atlantic University (FAU) has invited Bangladesh students to explore the opportunities it offers to international students to help shape their future.“We are more than happy to invite all of you to join Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and ha…
Around 60 percent of the brick kilns in the country are being operated illegally without environmental clearance. Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Shahab Uddin gave this information on Tuesday in response to a tabled question of rul…
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