The government is making efforts to bring convicted acting chairperson of BNP Tarique Rahman from the United Kingdom and more endeavours are on the way, Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said yesterday. “We keep on sending letters...More than once...The process is on,” he told a press…

US President Donald Trump has assured Bangladesh of continuing its pressure on Myanmar to create necessary conditions for the safe and voluntary return of the Rohingyas to their homeland, reports UNB. Trump expressed his country's stance in a letter sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "The…

The BNP yesterday demanded that the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) commissioner and Gazipur police super be withdrawn from the Khulna and Gazipur civic polls, scheduled to be held on May 15. A BNP delegation, led by the party's standing committee member Dr Abdul Moin Khan, raised this demand during…

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday gave its approval to an offer by the Chinese consortium of Shenzen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) to be a strategic partner of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) along with 25 per cent ownership of the bourse. The BSEC…

Law minister Anisul Huq yesterday said that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Post, Telecom and ICT will hold talks with media representatives on May 22 on different aspects of the proposed Digital Security Act. The meeting will be held with representatives of the Editors' Council, Bangladesh…