- WB commits to continue support for key reform initiatives in Bangladesh
- Russia denies reports Assad's wife has filed for divorce
- Death toll in Meghna ship robbery attack rises to 7
- Rail service on Benapole-Dhaka route via Padma Bridge tomorrow
- Fake reviews flood the internet—Will AI make it worse?
- Rethinking development models, lifestyles and capacity building essential to tackle Climate Change: Environment Advisor
- Legal costs escalate due to lawyers’ syndicate: Tajul Islam
- Saudi delegation meets Syria's new leader: source close to government
- Let's forget all differences and unite to build Bangladesh: Mirza Fakhrul
- Gaza official says Israel strikes on hospital 'terrifying'
- One more dies of dengue
- Chinese company to invest $28.92m in Economic Zone
- Palestinian envoy meets President, thanks Bangladesh for support
- 5 bodies recovered from cargo ship in Meghna
- Bangladesh to kick off Champions Trophy campaign against India
- UN urges ceasefire as Israel intensifies Gaza attacks
- Chinese dam ignited rare Tibetan protests, ended in beatings and arrests: Report
- Travel ban imposed on Shahriar Alam, family members
- Bangladesh's forex reserves reach $20bn
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park project cancelled
Dhaka calls for collaborative global action for safe regular migration
Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin called for collaborative global action to tackle shared challenges in implementing the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) aiming to ensure safe and regular migration. He made the remark while speaking at the National Consultation for the Regional Review of the...
15 Bangladeshis return home thru Benapole Port after serving jail in India
Fifteen Bangladeshi nationals returned home via the Benapole check post on Friday night after serving two years in an Indian prison, reports UNB. The individuals, hailing from Narail, Khulna, and Satkhira districts, were handed over to Bangladeshs immigration authorities by Indian officials....
UK’s Bassetlaw District Council clarifies role in housing asylum seekers
Bassetlaw District Council has issued a statement on Tuesday (London time) addressing widespread misinformation about its role in housing individuals seeking asylum in the UK. The statement seeks to clarify the processes involved, emphasizing that the Council does not provide or manage...
Los Angeles announces itself an immigration 'sanctuary'
Los Angeles, the second largest US city, is setting itself up for a standoff with President-elect Donald Trump over immigration, BBC reported. On Tuesday, its city council passed a sanctuary city ordinance to bar using local resources to help federal immigration authorities. LAs public school...
Passport application of Shirin Sharmin Chy suspended
The Department of Immigration Passports has suspended the passport applications of former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and her husband Syed Ishtiaq Hossain. The decision follows the adjournment of Shirin Sharmins application due to her involvement in a murder case and a plea of absconding....
Migration to OECD countries reaches record high
Permanent migration to OECD countries surged to a new record in 2023, with 6.5 million people arriving, according to the latest OECD International Migration Outlook 2024 report, released on Thursday (Paris time). Alongside permanent migration, both temporary migration and asylum-seeking...
146 asylum seekers to be temporarily housed at Peterborough’s hotel in UK
Approximately 146 asylum seekers, primarily single men, will be moved into the Dragonfly Hotel in Peterboroughs Thorpe Meadows over the next three days as part of the UK Governments short-term efforts to accommodate rising numbers of arrivals, reports Peterborough Today. Peterborough City...
Trump’s ultimatum before taking office
President-elect Donald Trumps border security director Tom Homan urged illegal immigrants to voluntarily return to their home countries before the upcoming crackdown in the United States. After knowing about Trumps appointment on Monday, Tom Homan, former acting director of ICE (Immigration and...
Trump announces immigration official Tom Homan as 'border czar'
US President-elect Donald Trump said late Sunday he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to oversee the countrys borders in the incoming administration, reports BSS. I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be...
Jeremy Clarkson accuses Labour of ‘ethnic cleansing’ countryside to build ‘immigrant towns’ over farmland
Jeremy Clarkson, former Top Gear host and current star of Clarksons Farm, has launched a fierce critique of Labours inheritance tax plans, accusing the party of seeking to ethnically cleanse the countryside to build immigrant towns on farmland. Clarkson, 64, directed his comments at Shadow...
Canada braces for migrant surge as US tightens immigration
Canadian authorities informed that theyre on high alert with all eyes on the US border as the country braces for a possible influx of migrants from the United States on Friday. US President-elect DonaldTrumphas promised the largest mass deportation in American history, accusing immigrants of...
Students' fury in UK as Labour govt hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years
Along with students, university chiefs call the plans of tuition fees hike in the United Kingdom morally wrong and merely a sticking plaster. They made these statements as the Labour Party government is planning a rise of tuition fees for the first time in eight years. Furious education leaders...
Canada to cut immigration numbers amid housing crisis
Canada intends to drastically cut the number of immigrants allowed into the country for the first time in years, marking a notable shift in policy for the government as it tries to remain in power. Canada will bring in 395,000 new permanent residents in 2025, 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027,...