Day: April 17, 2023

Bangladesh is set to make loan repayments in Chinese yuan for a nuclear power plant being built by Russia, as a way to sidestep Western sanctions, Nikkei Asia reported on Monday.According to the news outlet, the decision follows last week’s high-level ...

A court here today sentenced two youths to life term imprisonment for killing the mother and wife of an expatriate in Nabiganj upazila of the district in 2018.Additional District and Sessions Judge court-1 judge Md. Azizul Haque pronounced the verdict...

One more patient undergoing treatment after suffering from sunstroke at an award function in Navi Mumbai has died, officials said on Monday.With this, the death toll in the incident has gone up to 12.A 55-year-old man from Kalyan, who was critical, di...

The ruling Awami League and different social and political organisations today paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic Mujibnagar Day.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid respect to Bangabandh...

A joint meeting of Bangladesh Awami League's(AL's) presidium members, secretaries and members and presidents andgeneral secretaries of Dhaka city north and south units of the party as wellas its associate bodies will be held at the party president's p...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP has chosen the way of conspiracy sensing defeat in the next national parliament elections."There is a deep conspiracy on our way ...conspiracy is...

After a spell of severe heatwave, met office forecast some relief from the scorching heat as maximum temperatures are likely to drop from tomorrow across the country.Director of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) Md Azizur Rahman told BSS that...

A ten-member of Bangladesh archery team left here for Turkey today (Monday) morning to participate in the Archery World Cup stage-1 scheduled to be held in Antalya from April 18-23.223 men and 171 of women archers from 52 countries across the globe wi...

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 20-22.The visit will be made at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, according to an announcement of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affair...

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 17 for ASEAN ambassadors who came to congratulate him on being elected as the Vietnamese State leader.On behalf of the ASEAN diplomats, Indonesian Ambassador Denny Abdi conveyed congratulati...

A homemade bomb ripped through a bus in the southern Philippines on April 17, injuring at least eight people, a military spokesperson said.Army Major Andrew Linao of the Western Mindanao Command said the bomb went off as the bus with an unspecified nu...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed the first visit to Vietnam by Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg during a reception for the latter in Hanoi on April 17.PM Chinh hailed the outcomes of the ea...