Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the opening plenary of a UN climate conference yesterday. “One is the path of surrender, where we have sleepwalked past the point of no return, jeopardising…

A two-day Bangladesh-India shipping secretary-level meeting will begin in Dhaka tomorrow with the hosts focusing on their seafarers’ shore leave facility at Indian ports, ministry sources said. They said Bangladeshi sailors have been deprived of the facility at Indian ports for long, though the…

Dipu Chakma won the first gold medal for Bangladesh in Taekwondo in the ongoing XIII SA Games in Nepal yesterday while Humayra Akhtar Antora bagged the…

The United Nations (UN) has no objection to relocation of Rohingyas in Bhasan Char, said foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque. A UN technical team is expected…

Petrol pump owners and workers have suspended their strike until December 15 after receiving government assurance of looking into their 15-point charter of demands. Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners Association announced the decision following a meeting with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) at Segunbagicha…