Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday demanded to make Bengali one of the official languages of the United Nations. “Let the spirit of Amar Ekushey inspire the fight against the anti-liberation forces,” he said. Obaidul Quader made the comment after paying tribute at Central Shaheed Minar to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement by placing wreaths marking ...

President, PM lay wreaths at Central Shaheed Minar The historic Amar Ekushey, February 21, is today (Tuesday). Commemorating the language martyrs, the day is being observed as Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day across the world including Bangladesh as the UNESCO recognised the day as the International Mother Language Day on November 17, 1999. The day is a ...

Banks will provide a special benefit of Tk 0.50 for each US dollar to repatriate the export income of December and January by February 28, reports UNB. A meeting of managing directors (MDs) of state-owned and private banks has decided that the special benefit of an additional Tk 0.50 against each dollar of export earnings will be given for the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the United Nations to help Bangladesh in relocating Rohingyas to Bhashanchar island. She made the plea while UN resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis called on her at her official residence, Ganabhaban, UNB reports. PM’s Speech Writer M Nazrul Islam told reporters that the prime minister mentioned that over one million Myanmar nationals, Rohingyas, are ...

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the French Development Agency the financial wing Proparco to provide the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the country with the low-cost fund and grant as they often cannot avail of regular financing schemes due to stringent due diligence. “Bangladeshi garment factories are making huge investments to make their production ...

US President Joe Biden, who arrived in a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, reaffirmed America’s unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. “As we approach the anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, I’m in Kyiv today to meet with President Zelenskyy and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity,” tweeted Biden. The ...

Older adults who have food insecurity are more likely to suffer from malnutrition, depression, and physical limitations that limit their ability to live independently. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federally funded nutrition-assistance program in the United States. Research has shown that SNAP has reduced hunger and food insecurity in the general population. Little evidence is available, ...

Police recovered the body of a man stuffed in a sack from the Surma River at Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet district on Monday morning. Deceased identities, age around 40, could not found immediately. Quoting locals, Dakshin Surma Police Station officer-in-charge Md Kamrul Hasan Talukder said locals saw the body on a bank of the river at Baraiandi area and ...

Marking International Mother’s Language day, United Nations Development Programme has launched the Unicode version, with seven different iterations, of the UN Bangla font to ease access to the internet for Bengali language users. The UN Bangla font was first released on 21 February 2020 with a single version for offline use. The Unicode version was launched by UNDP Resident Representative ...

Turkey on Sunday said rescue efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake had ended in all but two provinces as visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $100 million in fresh humanitarian aid. The 7.8-magnitude tremor that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 has killed more than 44,000 people, with the likelihood of finding survivors two weeks ...