India to watch Bangladesh coast
Bangladesh will allow India to establish a coastal surveillance radar system along its coastline that according to an expert might impact the country’s existing relations with China.
Bangladesh allows India to withdraw water from Feni River
No progress on sharing of waters of Teesta, 6 other rivers - ‘Committee’ on Ganges-Padma Barrage Project in Bangladesh formed - Bay of Bengal surveillance system sought by India agreed
Padma disrupts road communications
The authorities diverted traffic on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway since Saturday as heavy currents in the Padma River hampered ferry services between Paturia and the Daulatdia ghats.
Strict security measures taken for puja celebration: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that the government has taken stringent measures emphasising the overall security during puja.
Ershad’s son Shad wins Rangpur 3 by-election
Rahgir Al Mahi Shad, son of late HM Ershad, was elected member of parliament on Saturday from Rangpur 3 constituency, defeating Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Rita Rahman amid a
Hong Kong uses colonial-era emergency law to ban wearing masks at protests, sparking night of violence
Hong Kong's leader invoked rarely-used emergency powers to ban people from wearing face masks during public assemblies, a move that enraged thousands of protesters who marched
PM wants amity, regional connectivity
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, addressing the closing plenary of India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum at Hotel Taj Palace of New Delhi in India, on Friday called for managing
Jamaat reformists to assemble under ‘Amra Bangladesh’
Some former leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami along with the dissident group within the party were on groundwork to launch a new political party that would not be a religion-based one rather
Homeless flood victims avoid government shelters
Not a single family, who became homeless for sudden floods and river erosion over the last week, turned up at the government opened shelters knowing that it might be quite a while for them to
Pollution threatens world’s longest sea beach
Cox’s Bazar sea beach, the longest natural sea beach in the world, is getting polluted fast for lack of proper waste management which is also creating public nuisance in an otherwise unspoiled
