Bangladeshi women’s national footballer Anika Rania Siddiqui was celebrated on Thursday as a shining example of talent connecting Bangladesh and Sweden. The event, which highlighted the importance of supporting women in sport, saw Hanna Norell, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, join the celebrations. Norell even took to the pitch herself, kicking the ball alongside ...

All types of Indian visa activities will return to normal soon, said Indian Assistant High Commissioner in Sylhet Aniruddha Das. While interacting with journalists at the Sylhet District Press Club on Wednesday afternoon, he said that medical and double-entry visas are currently being issued. Initiatives have been taken to introduce other categories of visas including tourist visas in phases. He ...

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves stood at $34.78 billion, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB) released here today. However, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) BPM-6 accounting method, the reserves stood at $30.06 billion, the BB added.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presided over an inter-ministerial meeting at the Cabinet Division meeting room at the Bangladesh Secretariat today. The inter-ministerial meeting was held on ‘Planting 25 crore trees in five years’ and the national level river-canal-water bodies excavation and re-excavation programme. Ministers and state ministers of the concerned ministries were present at the meeting, said sources at the ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Thursday urged officials to work collectively and with urgency to meet public expectations during the new government’s first six months in office. He made the remarks at an introductory meeting with officials and staff on his first working day at the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and ...

Former Awami League MP from Thakurgaon-2, Md Dabirul Islam, has been released on bail from Dinajpur jail, one and a half years after his arrest. He was released around 7:10pm on Thursday, confirmed Farhad Sarkar, acting jailer of Dinajpur District Jail. Earlier the same day, a court in Thakurgaon granted bail to the former MP. Following the fall of the ...

Britain’s former prince Andrew was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct during his time as a trade envoy, as UK police investigations into allegations emerging from the Jeffrey Epstein files gathered pace. The arrest of a royal family member is unprecedented in Britain’s modern era, as police said they were also searching two properties — in eastern England and west ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday promised $10 billion for a new “Board of Peace,” an amorphous new institution focused first on Gaza that is being launched just as he threatens Iran with war. While US warplanes and aircraft carriers headed toward Iran on his orders, Trump welcomed some two dozen allies from around the world to the gleaming Washington building ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he looks forward to working closely with Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to strengthen their partnership and advance shared priorities. “I look forward to this next chapter in the partnership between our two countries,” he said in a letter extending his congratulations to PM Tarique on his victory in the Bangladesh elections and ...

A light earthquake with magnitude of 4.1in Richter scale jolted different parts of Sylhet today. The tremor occurred at 12.46 pm, according to a message issued by Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). The epicenter of the earthquake was Chhatak, Sunamganj , which is 187 km north-east from BMD Seismic Centre, Agargaon, Dhaka.