Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all concerned to work together to further improve quality education in matching global standard. “The quality of education has improved a lot in the country. We want to keep pace with the world standard improving quality education further. It is our target and we have to work for attaining the goal,” she said, ...

Two children of Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif and his wife Japanese citizen Eriko Nakano will remain in their mother’s custody, a Dhaka court said this in its judgement on Sunday dismissing father Imran Sharif’s appeal. It was pronounced by Dhaka District and Sessions Judeg Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan while delivering the in the morning. Supreme Court lawyer Nasima Akhter Lovely ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the ASEAN member states to extend active support to Bangladesh’s candidacy for attaining Sectoral Dialogue Partner status of the regional bloc by the time of their next summit. He made the call while speaking at the 30th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) held in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday, UNB reports. Momen also sought ...

Lionel Messi has finalized his deal to join Major League Soccer, and after years of planning and pursuing, Inter Miami has landed a global icon. Messi’s contract became official Saturday, a little more than five weeks after he declared that he would be coming to Inter Miami. The team will introduce him Sunday night at its stadium in Fort Lauderdale, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the businessmen to make the country’s economy stronger, saying that the government is always beside them. “Make the country’s economy stronger. We are always beside you (businessmen),” she said. The premier was addressing the Business Conference on Building Smart Bangladesh in city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) as chief guest. Federation of Bangladesh ...

The EU delegation did not discuss the issue of dialogue, caretaker government and dissolution of parliament during its meeting with the Awami League, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader said to media after a meeting with the six-member Election Exploratory Mission of the EU at a city hotel on Saturday. Quader said AL, during their meeting, has once again reiterated their ...

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami are disheartened by the stance of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said the party’s nayeb-e-ameer Syeed Abdullah Muhammad Taher. He told journalists following a meeting with European Union delegation at Gulshan in Dhaka on Saturday. Responding to a question that why the party avoided joining one-point simultaneous movement if they do not have compromise with ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) told the European Union (EU) Election Exploratory Mission on Saturday that the people of the country want a free and fair election. “This is our only demand — free and fair election,” party’s General Secretary Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu told media after the meeting on Saturday. He also urged the government to initiate a dialogue in this ...

Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire industrialist and founder and chairman of Adani Group, on Saturday came to Dhaka in a brief visit and paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence. “Honoured to have met Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1600 MW Ultra Super Critical Godda Power Plant,” ...

Singapore’s transport minister has been arrested in connection with a rare top-level corruption probe that has also ensnared a billionaire hotel tycoon, the country’s anti-graft body has said, AFP reports. Transport Minister S. Iswaran was “arrested on 11 July 2023” and “subsequently released on bail”, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said in an emailed statement late Friday, confirming the ...