The United Nations is warning that the world is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II, with more than 20 million people facing starvation and famine in four countries, reports AFP from the UN in United States. The world body’s humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest source of foreign remittance for Bangladesh, is eager to hire more skilled workers to help materialise the Saudi…

Drizzle throughout the morning due to the influence of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal caused sufferings to commuters in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. The light rain started falling from Friday night and continued till 12pm. The persistent drizzle caused long tailbacks on some city streets…

Parliament yesterday unanimously adopted a motion to declare March 25 as Genocide Day (Gonohotya Dibas), mark the start of atrocities unleashed by the Pakistani occupation forces on the people of then-East Pakistan on this date in 1971, reports UNB. Jasod MP Shirin Akter (Feni-1) placed the motion in…

Narendra Modi’s party won a landslide in India’s most populous state yesterday in a massive vote of confidence for the prime minister halfway into his first term, reports AFP from New Delhi. Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed victory in four states including…