Speaker of India’s West Bengal Bidhan Sabha, Biman Bandopadhay, was emotionally overwhelmed on his arrival at Barisal, his birthplace, yesterday.…

Vietnam, a Buddhist majority member of ASEAN, has expressed concern over the Rohingya crisis and assured of assistance to resolve the protracted problem. During a meeting with Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday, according to a press release forwarded by the Bangladesh embassy in Vietnam…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has moved up to 30th on the list of 100 most powerful women in the world this year. Last year, she was on the…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a rare message “out of politeness,” Beijing said yesterday, in his first public communication with his wayward neighbour for more than a year, reports AFP. The note signalled a possible improvement in their strained relationship,…

Dr Dato Noraini Ahmad, chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), yesterday said that a traditional mindset is the biggest challenge to achieving a minimum of 30 per cent women’s representation in parliaments of the Commonwealth countries.“There are 180 parliaments in…