September 3, 2024

8,000 more Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh: Foreign Adviser

Around 8,000 Rohingyas have recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said today.

‘I have information that around 8,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh. We will ha…

Death toll from flood rises to 71, highest in Feni

The total death toll from the flood has risen to 71 so far including seven women and 19 children as deaths of four more people were reported today.

Additional Secretary of Disaster Management and Relief Ministry KM Ali Reza disclosed the information …

Farzana Lalarukh appointed commissioner of BSEC

Farzana Lalarukh, Associate Professor of the University of Dhaka, has been appointed as the commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

The Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance issued a gazette noti…

Primary and Mass Education Adviser seeks more USAID support

Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder today sought more cooperation from USAID as Chargé d’affaires of US Embassy Helen LaFave called on him at his Secretariat office.

At the meeting, they discussed bilateral issue…

Finance Minister calls for investment in result-oriented projects

Kathmandu: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Paudel has said the government yearns to achieve economic growth through increased investment in projects with promising results. He stated that these projects will be selected ba…

Inu on five-day remand in Sujon murder case

A Dhaka court today placed Jatiya Samajtanthrik Dal (JSD) President and former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu on five-day remand in a case filed over murdering truck driver Sujon during the anti-discrimination student movement.

Dhaka Metropol…

International conference on gender inclusion in NHRIs kicks off

Kathmandu: The three-day international conference on gender inclusion in National Human Rights Institutions has kicked off in Kathmandu from today.

More than 150 representatives from 19 countries of Asia and Pacific region have been participating in …