Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) to strictly ensure compliance of environmental standards and obligations in the specialized economic zones producing export bound products, reports BSS. "The prime minister issued particular directives as she addressed…

The government will introduce clear messages against tobacco in the textbooks from 2020, aiming to create awareness among children just like anti-terrorism and anti-drug messages have been included in school textbooks, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at a programme yesterday, reports UNB.…

Forty-one citizens of the country yesterday urged the government to respond to the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber's request for observations and support the view of the Prosecutor that the Court may assert jurisdiction against Myanmar, reports UNB. The call came as the government remains 'undecided'…

Two Bangladeshi peacekeepers, working in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were killed and two other were injured in a road crash yesterday. The deceased were identified as Soldier Arjan Hawlader (34 East Bengal) and Soldier…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is committed to "complete" denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and to a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump, South Korea's leader said yesterday, as Trump announced that plans for the meeting are moving along "very nicely", reports…

US astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon, has died, his family announced in a statement released by NASA. He was 86 years old, reports AFP from Washington. The moonwalker who went on to become a painter died Saturday in Houston after suddenly falling ill weeks before, the statement…

Figures reveal defence firms’ sales at new high, as Prince William prepares for visit to Ramallah and Jerusalem British defence contractors are selling record amounts of arms to Israel, new figures reveal, just days after it was confirmed that Prince William will represent the UK government on…