As the monsoon set in with heavy rain at places, major rivers are rising. The Brahmaputra, fed by water from upstream, has inundated over 50 villages at Sariakandi in Bogra, breaching flood protection embankments. At least 10,000 people have been affected. The Brahmaputra, which has flooded its banks…

A hearty and warm reception was accorded to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she arrived at Heathrow International Airport in London yesterday afternoon on a 6-day visit to the United Kingdom, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed…

A college teacher, who sustained burns in the June 3 petrol bomb attack on a bus in Chandina upazila of Comilla, succumbed to injuries yesterday. The victim, Ranjit Sharma, 35, a lecture at Rangamati Government College, is the first person to die in the attack. He was undergoing treatment at the Burn…

At least 65 per cent of the raw materials required for implementation of projects under the fresh Indian Line of Credit (LoC) of $2 billion will have to be procured from India, sources in the Finance Ministry have said. The procurement threshold from India could even extend to 100 per cent depending…

Yunnan has become the nerve-centre of China’s ‘One belt, One road’ initiative, conceived by the country’s top leaders eying a greater relations and deeper cooperation with the South Asian and South East Asian countries. Yunnan, the 8th largest province of China, shares a common…