What a transformation the world is witnessing with regard to Bangladesh-China relationship! In 1971, when Bangladesh was fighting against the mighty Pakistani army for independence, China was not only opposed to the creation of the country, but also backing Pakistan government ardently, perhaps due…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday welcomed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Brics-Bimstec Outreach Summit with a tweet in Bangla, reports UNB. "Honoured to host you PM Hasina for BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit. We cherish the strong ties between India and Bangladesh and…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged BRICS leaders yesterday to take a strong united stand against the “mothership of terrorism” in the South Asian region, in a thinly veiled reference to Pakistan, reports AFP from Benaulim, India. Modi said a country in India’s neighbourhood…

Ever since his scintillating all-round perfor­mance led the Bangladesh Under-19 team to achieve their best result in the ICC Under-19 World Cup, Mehedi…

Bangladesh sealed its border with Myanmar to prevent the perpetrators of the killing of nine Myanmar border guard police personnel in Rakhine state from fleeing to Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday, stressing that Dhaka took this move on its own. Law enforcers also captured two Myanmar…

There is a recurrent feeling within the Jatiya Party (Ershad) that it is fast losing its political ground despite having public support. This feeling has come to the surface as Raushan Ershad, leader of the opposition in Parliament, and her party leaders, including founder HM Ershad, were denied an…

Despite a Supreme Court order to relocate the tanneries from the capital’s Hazaribagh to Savar for the purpose of environmental protection, some tanneries are yet to relocate their factories, resulting in suffering for the city people and immense damage to the environment. Those tannery owners…