Unicef has urged the government of Bangladesh to increase budgetary allocation for child-related initiatives from 14 per cent in 2016 to 20 per cent by 2020, reports BSS. The call was made at the launch of “Shishuder Budget Patth Shohaika (Child Friendly Version of the National Budget of Bangladesh)”,…

Advocates for Myanmar’s Muslim ethnic Rohingya community say more than 100 members of the minority group have been killed in government counterinsurgency sweeps in the western state of Rakhine, report agencies. Ko Ko Linn of the Arakan Rohingya National Organization said by phone Wednesday that…

China has no record of domestically transmitted Zika virus, although 20 cases have been detected so far this year among travellers, a health official said in Beijing on Tuesday.  “We detected the first case in February, and the latest one was last month. They were all Chinese people who had…

The 40th death anniversary of veteran politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani will be observed across the country today, reports BSS. Popularly known…

The High Court yesterday rejected a plea from the family of much hated Abdul Monem Khan, governor of then East Pakistan who opposed the War of Liberation and allied with Pakistani junta in 1971, seeking a ban on city corporation drive to recover its land from their possession, reports BSS. A High Court…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industries Ministry yesterday recommended the government to take punitive action against those preparing fake vouchers in the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), reports UNB. It also recommended the appointment of an expert consultant to update…

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday said the government of Bangladesh has taken steps to involve women in politics, reports BSS. “Equal participation in politics is one of the reflections of women empowerment,” he said speaking as the chief guest…