Indonesia has expressed interest in working with Bangladesh to develop its tourism and hospitality sectors, including through cooperation with the National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (NHTTI). The issue was discussed during a meeting between Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam, State Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat and Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Listyowati at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday. During ...

Law enforcement authorities have arrested actor Ashraful Haque Don in connection with the murder case involving popular Bangladeshi film star Salman Shah. Don, who is known for playing villainous roles in films, was arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday. He was subsequently handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further questioning and investigation. Further ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has said that many bilateral issues could be resolved if Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi sit down for talks. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists at the inauguration of a children’s play area at the Indian Visa Application Centre on Sunday. Dinesh Trivedi said, “Prime Minister ...

The UK’s Royal Military Academy awarded two prestigious awards to Officer Cadet Al Rafi Lamiz from Bangladesh on successfully completing the Commissioning Course. The awards were handed over at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the UK’s world-leading military training academy, said the UK High Commission in Bangladesh in a Facebook post on Sunday. The two awards are: King Hussein Award, ...

A young man was killed allegedly in an attack over a land dispute in Habiganj on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Sohag Mia, 30, from Sundarpur village of Chunarughat upazila. According to locals and police, Sohag had been involved in a longstanding dispute with his uncle Khalil Mia over land, and the dispute had also led to legal ...

The cross-examination of actress Pori Moni in a sexual harassment case against businessman Nasir Uddin Mahmud and two others has been deferred to November 30. Pori Moni was scheduled to appear before Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-9 on Sunday, but failed to reach the court despite her lawyer informing the tribunal that she would attend. Her lawyer, Nilanjana ...

The 11-party opposition alliance has nominated Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Col (retd) Oli Ahmed as its candidate for the presidential election. The decision was announced on Sunday after a meeting of the alliance leaders at the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition. National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam, one of the alliance partners, announced Oli Ahmed’s ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ BG-306 flight landed in Dhaka on Sunday after being stranded in Rome for nearly 28 hours due to a technical fault, bringing relief to 259 passengers who had endured prolonged delays and uncertainty. The flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:30pm, Biman Bangladesh Airlines General Manager (Public Relations) Bosra Islam confirmed. She said the aircraft ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) to treat people as their own and discharge their duties with the highest sense of responsibility and humanity, saying public service is a great opportunity to stand beside the distressed and build a safe and liveable Bangladesh. “For everyone entrusted with state responsibilities, the opportunity to serve the people ...

For nearly eighty years, Japan’s post-war identity rested on an extraordinary proposition: that national prosperity could be secured through economic strength while military power remained restrained. Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution became the international symbol of that commitment, allowing Tokyo to emerge as a leading economic power without the strategic baggage of major military forces. That era is steadily drawing ...