Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community, including the British-Bangladeshi Diaspora to raise their voices in ensuring the voluntary, safe and sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar at an early date. He made the call when Nasim Ali OBE, Mayor of Camden of the UK called on ...

Yang Xiaokun, Special Representative for Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, called on Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen on Tuesday. During the call on, two sides discussed on multilateral human rights discourse and also on possible areas of cooperation. Earlier, on Monday China and Bangladesh held first ever official consultations on multilateral human rights issues ...

Aimed at countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region, leaders of the US, UK and Australia have unveiled new details of their plan to create a fleet of next generation nuclear-powered submarines. Under the AUKUS deal outlined on Monday, Australia will first receive at least three nuclear-powered submarines from the US, reports the BBC. Meanwhile, members of the Royal Australian ...

According to new research, a natural byproduct of olive oil production may have antioxidant properties and may help with exercise. The research, led by nutritionists at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and published in the journal Nutrients, is the first to look into the benefits of natural olive fruit water for physically active people. Olive fruit water is a waste product ...

Ke Huy Quan was a child star in two of the biggest movies of the 1980s, but gave up on acting when Hollywood gave up on him. Now he has made a remarkable comeback by winning an Oscar. “They say stories like this only happen in the movies,” a tearful Quan told the Oscars as he accepted his award for ...

Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) President and Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir on Tuesday urged the women entrepreneurs to come forward in leadership of jewellery business. “Women leaders have been governing the country for the last 32 years. In jewellery sector, women should come forward in business leadership. Females use ornaments mainly. They can explain the product better than ...

Bangladesh clinched a 3-0 T20 international series sweep with a 16-run victory against England at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. England’s batting had stuttered as they lost the first two matches by six and four wickets respectively and they faltered again on Tuesday chasing 159, slipping from 100-1 after 13 overs to 123-5 after 17 and finishing ...

The High Court has described the Ministry of Religious Affairs as “incompetent” and this year’s Hajj package as “inhuman” as its cost is too high. “The Ministry of Religious Affairs is an incompetent ministry. The package fixed for this year’s Hajj is inhuman,” said the HC bench comprising Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali during the hearing of ...

Mentioning that the promises which were given during the government’s dialogue with political parties before the 2018 election were not kept, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that they will not any dialogue with Sheik Hasina-led government. “We do not say anything about holding dialogue (with the government). We will not hold any dialogue with Sheikh Hasina-led government. ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Three people were killed and one was injured as a truck collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Haluagaon in Sunamganj town on Tuesday morning. One of the deceased was identified as Md. Soil Mia, 50, resident of Mazidpur village of Jagannathpur upazila while the others could not be identified yet. Locals said that the accident occurred when ...