- Temporary toll booths set up to manage Eid traffic on Padma Bridge
- Quake toll in Myanmar jumps to 694 dead, 1,670 injured: junta
- Dhaka's air quality hits 4th worst in the world today
- NASA awards SpaceX contract modification to include Starship launches
- Prof Yunus receives honorary doctorate from China's Peking University
- Gold prices soar to record high in Bangladesh before Eid
- Rescuers dig for survivors after huge quake hits Myanmar, Thailand
- Interview: China is our good friend, bilateral relations to enter new stage, says Dr. Yunus
- VOA journalists receive career support from Press Freedom Center
- Cohorts of ousted fascist creating chaos in country: Jamaat Ameer
- ‘Food is rotting’ at Gaza border: UN
- Homebound people leave capital without hassle
- We have not regained democracy yet: Mirza Fakhrul
- Earthquake death toll in Myanmar could exceed 1,000
- We don't deserve bonus: Guardiola
- Dhaka seeks 50-year water management master plan from Beijing
- Bangladesh secures commitment of $2.1b in investments, loans & grants from China
- Players started to play with a lot of freedom, which I enjoyed: Simmons
- Turkey’s first lady applauds Prof Yunus at UN Zero Waste Day
- Eid jamaat to be held at 8:30 am at National Eidgah
‘Confident to advance our bilateral economic development’
US President Donald Trump has greeted Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and people of Bangladesh on the occasion of Independence Day, reports BSS. On behalf of the American people, I wish you and the people of Bangladesh a happy Independence Day. This time of transition presents an...
Trump to sign order for US Education Department shut down
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, reports AP. Citing a White House official, who wished to be unnamed, the media said that this will fulfill a long-standing conservative goal to eliminate the agency. Trump...
Trump's threat to use force against Iran condemned
Iran has strongly condemned US President Donald Trumps threat to use force against the country, as deeply alarming and irresponsible, Press TV reported. Irans permanent ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani made the remarks in a letter to the UN chief and the president of the Security Council...
China's tit-for-tat tariffs on US set to take effect Monday
Chinas tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods are set to come into effect on Monday as the trade war between the worlds two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs, BBC reported. Beijing announced the plan on February 4,...
Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa
US President Donald Trump has said he will cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly, BBC reported. Last month, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that allows land seizures...
Trump would have been convicted if not elected
US President-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election - which he lost - if he had not successfully been re-elected in 2024. According to the man who led US government investigations into him, the evidence against...
Biden cancels Italy trip to focus on LA fires response
President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Jan 8) canceled his upcoming trip to Italy to focus on the federal response to wildfires raging across Los Angeles, which have razed hundreds of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, reports AFP. After returning this evening from Los Angeles, where earlier...
Former US president, humanitarian Jimmy Carter dies at 100
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a global humanitarian, passed away on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100. His son, Chip Carter, confirmed the news, saying the former president died peacefully in the afternoon, reports AJC. Carter, the longest-living U.S....