Bangladesh is being affected by ‘economic conditions elsewhere in the world’ as the country is now facing soaring prices of energy and food following the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war. These have led to energy shortages and rising import bills that are, in some cases, straining the ability of the country of 160 million pe...
The United Nations has not expressed any concern about Bangladesh in terms of human rights or other issues, according to the latest report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who recently visited Bangladesh. Michelle in her report disclosed the names of countries and regions that have problems and concerns about human ri...
Prime Minister's son and ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said BNP leader Tarique Rahman had a meeting with the planners and enforcers at Hawa Bhaban prior to the August 21 grenade attack in 2004. He said this in a post on his verified Facebook account with a 2-minute visual statement yesterday (August 23, 2022). On August 14, 2004, Tarique ha...
To tackle the global recession from hitting Bangladesh, 10 million families will be provided with ration cards soon, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. “Considering the global economic situation, the government will give 3.5 million people rice at Tk15 per kg only. We are also arranging ration cards for 10 million families,” she...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to Myanmar to take back home the country's more than one million Rohingya nationals from their temporary shelter in Bangladesh. "The Rohingyas are the nationals of Myanmar and they have to be taken back," the prime minister told the visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mich...