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…
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck Bangladesh early Friday, said the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck at 5:57 am, said meteorologist Muhammad Abul Kalam Mullick. According to USGS, the epicentre of the quake of magnitude 4.3 was 14 km east-southeast of Dohar, Dhaka. Besides, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the quake…
The Bangladesh government and its various agencies made 867 requests to Google to remove certain contents in the six months from July to December last year. However, Google did not act on 76 per cent of those requests and did not remove the contents as requested by the government. Some 57 per cent of the…
ADB’s 56th annual meetingSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives a speech during the opening session of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Incheon, South Korea, 3 May 2023.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives a speech during the opening session of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank…
Conflict within the party in Barishal, Gazipur and Sylhet city elections has become a major problem for the ruling Awami League. Internal strife over the nomination of the mayoral candidate from the party in Barishal went out of control. In Gazipur, the candidature of the ‘rebel’ candidate was cancelled, but the party’s split there is…
Five teachers and two labourers were gunned down Thursday at a school in northwest Pakistan, in an attack linked to Sunni-Shiite sectarian tensions, police and government officials said. “When the two attackers went inside (the school), they identified Shiite people and separated them before opening fire,” Muhammad Imran, police chief for Kurram district in Pakistan’s…
The appeal of Jahangir Alam against the cancellation of his nomination paper for the mayoral post in Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election was turned down. The hearing of his appeal was held at the office of Dhaka divisional commissioner on Thursday. When asked about his reaction, Jahangir Alam told Prothom Alo that “now I will…
A framework arrangement has been signed between Bangladesh and Korea to provide a soft loan of US$ 3 billion during the period 2023-2027. The agreement was signed at Incheon, Korea on Thursday, says a press release of the Economic Relations Division (ERD). The amount will be used as project assistance at various development projects in…
A framework arrangement has been signed between Bangladesh and Korea to provide a soft loan of US$ 3 billion during the period 2023-2027. The agreement was signed at Incheon, Korea on Thursday, says a press release of the Economic Relations Division (ERD). The amount will be used as project assistance at various development projects in…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives a speech during the opening session of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Incheon, South Korea, 3 May 2023.ReutersThe question came from the audience: what is the secret of the South Korea’s development? The governor of the Bank of Korea, Chang Yong Rhee, replied…