US President Joe Biden's administration informed Congress on Tuesday of a $1 billion weapons package for Israel, official sources told AFP, a week after threatening to withhold some arms over concerns of a Rafah assault.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast rain or thundershowers in seven divisions including Dhaka in 24 hours commencing 9 am on Monday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to extend the time of visa approval for hajj pilgrims so all of them could perform the holy hajj as its Ambassador Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan called on her here.
Heavy rain and thunderstorm in the morning caused water-logging in several parts of the capital bringing sufferings to commuters.
The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine's request to become the 194th member of the United Nations.
Veteran leftist leader and Marxist theorist Haider Akbar Khan Rono passed away at a city hospital early today. He was 82.
The US government has nominated David Slayton Meale as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bangladesh.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.
A court here today convicted and sentenced three people including notorious businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai alias Abdul Aziz to life imprisonment in a case lodged over the murder of actor Sohel Chowdhury in 1998.
The first hajj flight of Saudi Airlines left Dhaka for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with 410 hajj pilgrims at 4:20am today morning.
India has expressed interest to finance Bangladesh’s Teesta project, foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Thursday.
A pilot died and another was injured after a training fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram on Thursday morning.
The employment scope for students who pass Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) will increase by 8% by 2029, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Voting for the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election is underway across 139 upazilas nationwide, with polls open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm without any interruptions.
AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic.
The first phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections in 141 upazilas will be held tomorrow. Voting will begin from 8 am and to continue till 4 pm.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast rain or thundershowers in seven divisions including Dhaka and Chattogram in 24 hours commencing 9 am on Tuesday.
A total of 418 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to maintain law and order situation ahead of the first phase of Upazila Parishad Election tomorrow in 150 upazilas across the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to raise more funds from newer sources for assistance of the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh as its Director General (DG) Amy Pope paid a courtesy call on her here.