Ambassador Hesham Youssef, Assistant Secretary General for Cultural, Family and Humanitarian Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), yesterday said the OIC will play a strong role in resolving the protracted Rohingya crisis, reports UNB. Youssef, who is leading an OIC delegation here,…

The launching of Bangladesh’s first commercial satellite Bangabandhu-1 is “yet to be fixed”—as was said by the officials involved with the launching processes in Florida of the US. The Independent, however, came to know from sources that another set of test runs might be conducted…

The 45th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM) will begin today with a special focus on Rohingya issue and other challenges facing the Muslim Ummah, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open the two-day event at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC)…

For the first time in almost 70 years there will be no Nobel Literature Prize this year, as the Swedish Academy that selects the laureate finds itself in turmoil over links to a man accused of sex crimes amid the #MeToo campaign, reports AFP from Stockholm. “We find it necessary to commit time…

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, yesterday said it is rushing additional aid to Bangladesh where the first monsoon rains have been affecting Cox's Bazar…