Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia have denounced the terror attack on the UK parliament on Wednesday, reports UNB. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place outside the British parliament on Wednesday," the PM's…

The Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, in a rejoinder issued on March 23 over The Independent news report titled “Costly Electricity from Jharkhand: Bangladesh to buy power from Adani Group” published on 21 March 2017, said, “We strongly protest the report…

The emergency general meeting (EGM) of the Hajj Agencies' Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) ended yesterday amid chaos in Dhaka. Irate members of the association started demonstrating after failing to draw the attention of the leadership to their demands. The meeting was convened to look into alleged…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday handed over the Independence Award 2017, the highest State award, to Bangladesh Air Force and 15 distinguished personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields, reports UNB. The Prime Minister handed over a certificate,…

Bangladesh will reach out to UN seeking recognition of 1971 genocide while the government declared March 25 as "genocide day", Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq said in the capital yesterday, reports BSS. "The letter is ready . . . it will be sent to the United Nations…

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) yesterday observed the World Meteorological Day in a befitting manner through different events, reports BSS. Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Janab Akhter Hussain Bhuiya inaugurated the Meteorological Day inaugurated the celebration function as chief…