Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic vowed on Friday to launch a large-scale disarmament plan to remove hundreds of thousands of guns from the country following two mass shootings in less than 48 hours. The back-to-back shootings have left Serbians horrified, with Vucic saying both registered and illegal arms will be seized in a crackdown that will…
Findings of the survey done by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on old-age allowance are worrying. Each beneficiary has to pay an average bribe of Tk 2,653 to get their hands on an old-age-allowance card. They receive Tk 500 in monthly allowance. It’s not difficult to guess how many months’ allowance is spent, if they…
The Rohingya refugees who visited their homeland Myanmar as part of an effort to encourage their voluntary repatriation have voiced frustration over the condition in Rakhine. The Myanmar authorities have replaced entire villages with rows of buildings like camps for the Rohingya, said Abu Sufian, one of the 20 refugees who visited Rakhine on Friday. …
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has exchanged pleasantries with the UK prime minister Rishi Sunak at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, a biennial summit of governmental leaders from all Commonwealth nations. On her arrival at the Commonwealth secretariat, Sheikh Hasina was received by Commonwealth secretary general Baroness Patricia Scotland on Friday afternoon. The summit was…
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has exchanged pleasantries with the UK prime minister Rishi Sunak at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, a biennial summit of governmental leaders from all Commonwealth nations. On her arrival at the Commonwealth secretariat, Sheikh Hasina was received by Commonwealth secretary general Baroness Patricia Scotland on Friday afternoon. The summit was…
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic vowed on Friday to launch a large-scale disarmament plan to remove hundreds of thousands of guns from the country following two mass shootings in less than 48 hours. The back-to-back shootings have left Serbians horrified, with Vucic saying both registered and illegal arms will be seized in a crackdown that will…
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event in London. The event started at 2pm local time (7:00pm Bangladesh Time) on Friday at Marlborough House of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Pall Mall. In the event , Sheikh Hasina had interaction with King Charles III, head of the Commonwealth, at the delegate’s lounge. She…
Jatiya Party on Thursday nominated its mayoral candidates for the upcoming elections to five city corporation — Gazipur, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal, reports news agency BSS. ….. Jatiya Party, also the main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, nominated MM Niaz Uddin for contesting in the polls of Gazipur City Corporation, Saiful Islam Swapan in…
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in London on an official visit to the UK to attend the coronation of UK’s King Charles III. The flight carrying the PM landed at Heathrow International Airport in London at 11:49 pm local time (4:49 am Friday Bangladesh Time). She flew to London on a five-day visit after…
Prime Minister Sheikh HasinaFile PhotoPrime minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in London on an official visit to the UK to attend the coronation of UK’s King Charles III. The flight carrying the PM landed at Heathrow International Airport in London at 11:49 pm local time (4:49 am Friday Bangladesh Time). She flew to London on…