Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus emphasized the importance of making the upcoming international conference on the Rohingya crisis a major success to raise global awareness of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy and garner more support for the persecuted Myanmar minority. He made this statement during a meeting with UN Refugee Agency head Filippo Grandi at the State Guest House Jamuna. “Let’s ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has expressed interest in importing 1000 metric tons of hilsa from Bangladesh. He said, “There is a huge demand for Bangladeshi hilsa fish in China. Bangladesh has the opportunity to reduce the trade gap through hilsa export.” The Chinese Ambassador shared this information at a meeting with the Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin at ...

The number of people claiming asylum in the UK in 2024 has reached its highest level since records began in 1979, Home Office figures show. According to data published on Thursday, 108,138 people claimed asylum in the year to December 2024 – an increase of 18% on 2023 and almost twice the number in 2021. The Home Office said the ...

MP Mike Amesbury, who admitted repeatedly punching a constituent in the street, has had his 10-week prison sentence suspended following an appeal. The Runcorn and Helsby MP assaulted Paul Fellows, 45, following a row in Frodsham, Cheshire, last year and was jailed by magistrates on Monday. Amesbury, who had the Labour whip removed in October, launched an appeal and a ...

Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated his call for a US security guarantee in Ukraine to deter Vladimir Putin from invading again, as he prepares to meet Donald Trump. Speaking on the plane to Washington DC, Sir Keir said he hoped the UK-US relationship could go from “strength to strength”. But the two leaders appear to be at odds over the ...

Online pharmacies will now have to employ stricter checks to stop people who are already a healthy weight or have a history of eating disorders buying weight-loss jabs. They will no longer be able to dispense the medication, sold under brand names such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, to patients who have just completed online questionnaires or sent photos. In-person or ...

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the lush award-winning hotel Amari Dhaka. Different themed events are taking place at every outlet of the hotel on the special occasion. The hotel has lined up diverse romantic culinary experiences, exclusive dessert offerings, and special getaways to celebrate the day. Amari has brought together a special dinner spread with four live kitchens under one roof ...

A Moulvibazar court on Thursday convicted seven people and sentenced them to life imprisonment for killing a man in 2021. Moulvibazar District and Session Judge Khadem Ul Kayes handed down the punishment. The lifers are-Riad Mia, Rabindra Deb, Joynal Abedin, Ikram Uddin, Sabuj Mia, Jalal Mia and Masud Ahmed. The court also fined Tk 20,000 each, in default, to suffer ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that there is a conspiracy to destroy national unity and national elections. He accused the interim government of creating confusion over elections, stating that the party will not participate in any local election traps. “BNP will not fall into the trap of rehabilitating mafia groups involved in genocide, money laundering, and corruption.” While ...

some 104 assistant superintendents of the police (ASP) have been promoted to the rank of additional superintendent of police (SP). Md Mahabur Rahman, deputy secretary of the home ministry’s public security division (police-1), issued two separate notifications in this regard on Wednesday. Among them, 102 were promoted regularly, while two received retrospective promotion The police force has been going through ...