The European Union (EU) yesterday said the Rohingya repatriation agreement will have to be accompanied and monitored extremely carefully by the international community, mentioning that they know it very well that it is still an extremely difficult situation, reports UNB."But this is finally a first…

Candidates for the Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) election have only seven more days to carry out door-to-door campaign. The election is scheduled to be held on December 21.  All candidates, including those fighting for the mayor's post, are going through a hectic schedule. Each of them is…

Awami League (AL) general secretary and roads, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the next general election will be held on time even if the party’s arch enemy, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), were to boycott the poll, scheduled to be held in late 2018 or early…

A joint vaccination campaign was launched in Cox's Bazar yesterday against diphtheria and other preventable diseases for all Rohingya children, aged 6 weeks to 6 years, living in 12 camps and temporary settlements near the Myanmar border, reports UNB. The government of Bangladesh, with support from…

The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) will be published on December 30, reports UNB. The results will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the morning, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid. The prime minister will inaugurate the programme…

Two cousins were chopped to death by miscreants at Duttapara of Gazipur city yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Akhtar Hossain, son of Mujibur Rahman, and his cousin Ashiqur Rhman, son of Habibur Rahman of the area. Firoj Talukder, officer-in-charge of Tongi Police Station,…

The United Nations General Assembly, like each year, has unanimously adopted Bangladesh's resolution on the Culture of Peace.It received support of all member states present at the General Assembly on Monday and was adopted by consensus, reports UNB. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the…