Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today acknowledged the significant burden placed on low and middle-income people due to the escalating prices of daily essentials. He assured that the government is committed to maintaining the affordability of these commodities. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasized the need for concerted efforts to keep commodity prices at a manageable level, ensuring ...

Ruling out any external pressure, Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Bangladesh will stick to its foreign policy principle – “friendship to all, malice towards none” – against the backdrop of a divided world. “All the countries in the east and the west have expressed their willingness to work with us, with the government. At the end of ...

The new cabinet members began their office on Sunday (January 14). A traffic jam has been seen in the secretariat since morning as many came here to congratulate the ministers on their first day. The secretariat has already replaced the nameplates for ministers and state ministers. On the first day in office, the ministers will take charge of their respective ...

The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to appoint 285 physically-challenged persons in government primary schools across the country on quota basis. Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque pronounced the judgement after hearing on a rule issued earlier over the issue. Writ petitioner lawyer Adv Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah confirmed the matter to media. He said ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that no one would stop Israel from achieving victory in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “No one will stop us — not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil and no one else. It is possible and necessary to continue until victory and we will do it,” Netanyahu told a ...

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched in Washington, London and elsewhere on Saturday as part of a “global day of action” to demand an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza fighting and to oppose US and British support for Israel. In Washington, large crowds waved Palestinian flags as the mostly young protesters — many wearing the traditional keffiyeh — gathered in a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the new tenure of her government would give foremost priority on keep rolling the development spree alongside containing the price hike of essentials and increasing people’s purchasing power. “Our prime task would be keep continuing the ongoing development, contain price of essentials and increase purchasing power of the people,” she said while speaking at ...

BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, the station’s first female presenter, who went on to become its longest-serving host, has died at the age of 83. Nightingale joined the station in 1970 and remained the only woman on the line-up for 12 years. She was known for her passion for a wide range of music, championing everything from prog rock ...

Winds from the Arctic will bring some very cold weather early next week. There will be some widespread frosts with temperatures as low as -10C (14F) in rural parts of the UK. The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in northern Scotland on Sunday and Monday, and Northern Ireland on Monday, with snow possible elsewhere ...

The Post Office may have underpaid more than £100m in tax by deducting payments to victims of the Horizon scandal from its profits, say tax experts. Claiming tax relief in this way could count as a breach of the law and could mean it is at risk of insolvency, said Dan Neidle, of Tax Policy Associates. The company also may ...