A high-level delegation of European Union (EU) on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at his office in the capital’s Bashundhara area. The three-member delegation was led by Paola Pampaloni, Director for Asia and the Pacific at European External Action Service (EEAS). Other members included EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller and Monika Bylaite, ...

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) traders on Wednesday threatened to suspend LPG supply and marketing across the country from Thursday unless Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announces a revised price adjustment within the next 24 hours. The ultimatum was issued by LPG Traders Cooperative Society Limited during a human chain programme held in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital. ...

There is something oddly comforting about slipping into a restaurant on a sunny afternoon, especially when the city outside is buzzing with its usual Dhaka chaos. My recent lunch at Yuzu, the pan-Asian restaurant tucked inside Fortune Square, Dhanmondi, began just like that. I found myself seated in a cosy corner where golden light spilt through the windows, turning the ...

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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) seized 14 kg of hemp from the border area of Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district on Monday evening. Indian ganja worth about Tk 49,000 during an operation in a border area of. Acting on a tip-off, a special patrol team from Satchhari BOP took position around 300 yards inside Bangladeshi territory at Satchhari Tea Garden on ...

Bangladesh will be required to travel to India to take part in next month’s T20 World Cup after the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected a request to move the team’s matches outside the host country, according to reports. According to Cricket websites ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz reports, the ICC informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) during an online meeting on Tuesday ...

More than 7.72 lakh expatriate Bangladeshis have completed registration to vote through the postal ballots in the upcoming national election and the referendum. A total of 772,542 expatriate Bangladeshis registered from 122 countries to vote through the postal ballots in the election, according to the statistics of the Election Commission. Besides, 761,141 voters including 6,284 prisoners completed registration from inside ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit the northern region of the country from January 11 to 14. The party has stated that the visit is mainly part of a religious and social event. It said, the Code of Conduct issued by the Election Commission will not be violated under any circumstances during the tour. In this regard, ...

US President Donald Trump’s administration has nearly tripled the list of countries whose citizens must post a ‘visa bond’ of up to $15,000 when applying to enter the United States. According to the US State Department website on Tuesday, it expanded the list, adding another 25 countries, including Bangladesh, It said, passport holders from the newly added countries could be ...

The government on Tuesday approved a proposal to procure 40,000 metric tonnes of bulk granular fertiliser from Saudi Arabia in the current fiscal year (FY26) to meet rising domestic demand. The approval came at the first meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase this year, held at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at the Secretariat, with Finance Adviser ...