The European Commission is allocating € 300000, equivalent to Tk 24,941,382, in humanitarian aid funding to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees who have recently fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh, reports UNB. The aid will directly benefit 7500 newly arrived refugees…

Turkey and Russia have agreed a ceasefire plan for all of Syria that should come into force at midnight, Turkish state media said yesterday, as Ankara and Moscow tighten cooperation to find an end to the civil war, reports AFP from Istanbul. The plan aims to expand a ceasefire in the city of Aleppo,…

As part of its efforts to streamline, liberalise and ease the process of giving visas, the Indian high commission from January 1, 2017, will let all Bangladeshi travellers with confirmed air, train or bus tickets (of the Bangladesh-India bus services) to submit their tourist visa applications without…

The authorities declared Comilla Medical College closed for an indefinite period yesterday following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), reports UNB. Earlier, a clash broke out between two factions of BCL’s Comilla Medical College unit over establishing supremacy on…

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on a two-state solution is in grave jeopardy, reports BBC. And he insisted UN condemnation of illegal Jewish settlements on occupied land was in line with American values. Israel's PM said Kerry's…