The government is planning to reduce the fee for issuing a machine readable passport (MRP) to Bangladeshi expatriates in Algeria from USD 100 to USD 30. The security service division of the home ministry is going to hold a meeting soon after getting a proposal from the Ambassador of Bangladesh Embassy…

President Donald Trump has again traded barbs with North Korea, shortly before offering to mediate in a heated regional dispute, reports BBC. He took to Twitter to complain he would never call North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "short and fat", after its foreign ministry called him "old".…

Lebanon's president urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to explain why Saad Hariri had not returned to Beirut since his surprise resignation as prime minister…

In the midst of unprecedented crisis regarding Rohingyas faced by Bangladesh, Federica Mogherini, high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy/vice-president of the European Commission, will arrive in the capital on November 19 to join a number of other dignitaries…

The Election Commission (EC) will hold elections to 133 local bodies - 125 union parishads (UPs), seven municipalities and an upazila parishad -- on December 28, reports UNB. The EC yesterday issued directives to its field-level officials to announce election schedules for the local bodies fixing December…