China has officially said that the current Middle East problem will not be resolved by US economic sanctions and unilateral pressure against Iran, urging all sides to seek a peaceful diplomatic settlement instead. Speaking at a news conference for the foreign ministry, spokesperson Lin Jian Continue Reading
The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has enormous potential for rooftop solar energy, according to a recent analysis by the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), which estimates that 3,320 facilities may produce up to 1,768.3 megawatt-peak (MWp) of power. The report ‘Rooftop Solar in the RMG Sector: Investment Opportunities in the Context of Chinese […]Continue Reading
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was congratulated by the French and Swiss Embassies in Dhaka on his election as Bangladesh’s president. The newly elected president received welcomes from both foreign missions in messages posted on their official Facebook accounts on Thursday night, August 20. The Swiss Embassy committed to maintaining strong ties with Bangladesh, while Continue Reading
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the 23rd President of Bangladesh, will be sworn in on Friday evening at Bangabhaban’s Durbar Hall. Before the swearing-in event, he paid his respects at the tombs of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and former President Shaheed Ziaur Rahman at Zia Udyan in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar after Juma prayers. Amidst increased […]Continue Reading
The government has received a legal notice requesting changes to the Muslim marriage document (Kabinnama) that would require both grooms and brides to fully disclose their previous marriages, divorces, and children. The notice was written on Thursday to the secretaries of the Law Ministry and the Inspector General of Registration by Supreme Court Advocate Ishrat […]Continue Reading
The government headed by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is getting four new members. According to cabinet sources on Friday, the newly elected President will administer the oath of office to the incoming ministers tonight in Bangabhaban’s Darbar Hall. The BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, MP; Jatiya Party Chairman Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partha, Continue Reading
North Korea launched around ten short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Thursday at 5:00 p.m., soon before the end of joint US-South Korean military drills. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of South Korea, the missiles were shot from the Pyongyang area and travelled around 300 km. Seoul responded by sharing […]Continue Reading
In the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, a long-standing land dispute turned deadly when a 68-year-old man named Shamser Ali was allegedly killed in a violent attack in Kolwa village, which is under the Subeha police station area, after being run over by a tractor. Nearly 10 more people suffered serious injuries and are still […]Continue Reading
The Israeli government has formally issued tenders for the building of 1,234 additional home units in the extremely contentious ‘E1’ settlement sector of the occupied West Bank. Human rights organisations and international monitoring organisations have strongly condemned this decision, which represents around one-third of the 3,401 housing units authorised Continue Reading
Rezaur Rahman Shohag The election of former secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as the country’s 23rd president is a significant move in the country’s changing political scene. Following his official swearing-in ceremony at Bangabhaban today, he formally accepts his elevated responsibilities as Head of Continue Reading






















