Refugees who had been approved to come to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement programme have had their travel plans cancelled by the Trump administration. Thousands of refugees who fled war and persecution and had gone through a sometimes yearslong vetting process to start new lives in US are now stranded at various locations ...

The newly appointed Superintendent of Police (SP) of Habiganj held a meeting with local journalists on Wednesday. The event took place around 3 PM in the afternoon at the SP conference room. During the discussion meeting, several print and electronic media journalists greeted the newly appointed SP ANM Sajidur Rahman. Sazidur Rahman shared his future visions and assured that this ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, who is now in China on an official visit, on Thursday (January 23) laid emphasis on narrowing trade gap and fostering regional connectivity with China to promote equitable growth, reports BSS. He made the remarks while delivering a keynote address at a seminar titled “Our Shared Vision for Peace, Stability, and Prosperity” at Shanghai ...

Real Madrid are the first football club to top a billion euros in revenue during a single season, fuelled by income generated by the revamped Santiago Bernabeu stadium, according to financial experts Deloitte. The order of the clubs at the top of Deloitte’s annual Football Money League stayed the same, with Madrid (1.05 billion euros, $1.09 billion) followed by Premier ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has said the UN fact-finding report on the atrocities during the July-August uprising is at final stage and would be released by mid-February. The UN high commissioner made the comments when he called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting ...

After serving 16 years, a total of 168 former members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) were released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on bail on Thursday in an explosive case related to BDR mutiny. Their families have been waiting at the main of the jail since morning to receive them. The prisoners are coming out one after another. ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has sought the assistance of the European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde to recover billions of dollars stolen from Bangladesh during the fallen Sheikh Hasina dictatorship. The two dignitaries met in the Swiss city of Davos on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting. Prof Yunus told Christine Lagarde, also a ...

Leaders of Khelafat Majlish held a meeting with senior leaders of BNP on Wednesday (January 22). The meeting was held at the BNP Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in the capital. The meeting was held with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. The party’s standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan was present. Both BNP and Khelafat Majlis reached consensus ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, currently under treatment at a London clinic, will not undergo a liver transplant for the time being. Instead, she is receiving human serum albumin to reduce stress on her liver, as recommended by the medical board considering her health risks. A member of the medical team confirmed that the decision to defer a liver transplant was ...

A man reportedly stabbed his daughter to death at his house in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj on Wednesday over mobile addiction. The deceased was Ranu Begum, 15, a resident of Ghanashyampur village of the district. Victim’s mother Saheda Begum said Ranu often found talking on mobile phone. Her husband returned home at around 2.30PM on Wednesday and saw his daughter ...