Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has reiterated India’s support for a democratic, progressive and inclusive Bangladesh. The statement was made during a prize-distribution ceremony of a national-level Srimad Bhagavad Gita reci…
Dhaka: The traditional procession organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University marking Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year, has been renamed ‘Baishakhi Shobhajatra’, Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury announce…
Dhaka: Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir today emphasized the urgent need to strengthen debt management and expand the tax net to navigate the country’s current economic challenges. ‘These measures are the most significant demands of the curr…
Dhaka: Government-imposed austerity measures, including revised office hours and shorter business operations, took effect on Sunday as the nation seeks to curb energy consumption amid the ongoing Middle East crisis. Under the new schedule, all governm…
Dhaka: French ambassador in Bangladesh Jean-Marc S©r©-Charlet today made a call on Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at latter’s office. During the meeting, they held detailed discussions on expa…
Paris: A book titled ‘Au revoir, Madame’, paying tribute to former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, has been unveiled in Paris. Edited by poet, researcher, and cultural activist Abu Zubayer, the book was introduced to the public at La Russe Auditoriu…
Dhaka: US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The US envoy met the premier at his Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this noon, said Prime Minister’s Additi…
Dhaka: Leaders of the Protestant Church exchanged Easter greetings with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday. The greeting exchange took place at the Cabinet Division office of the Prime Minister at the Bangladesh Secretariat around 11:45 am, as st…
Gaibandha: A soil trader was fined Taka one lakh for cutting topsoil of land and selling it to customers illegally in Gobindaganj upazila of the district this noon. Acting on a tip-off, a mobile court led by Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive…