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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), adopted in 2003 and entering into force in 2005 as the world's first public health treaty under the auspices of the World Health Organization, marked a historic milestone in global public...

DHAKA : Bangladesh national football team have advanced three places up to 180th after a remarkable victory over India, making their highest position in nine years after football's global governing body FIFA revealed their FIFA World Rankings on Wednesday...

MOGADISHU : Children run in turquoise water, hawkers tout wares on white sands, and families laugh as tourists disembark from small boats -- but it's not some tropical island, it's Somalia's capital Mogadishu. "I didn't really tell my family where...

KYIV : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that 22 people were still missing in the western city of Ternopil, a day after a Russian strike there killed at least 26 people, including three children. In one of the deadliest...

JAKARTA : Hundreds of Indonesians stayed in temporary shelters Thursday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted, damaging houses and a school, with around 190 people evacuated from its slopes, authorities said. Mount Semeru in eastern Java...

Banglalink, the country’s innovative digital operator, has signed a corporate agreement with S.A. Group of Industries Limited, a Chattogram-based conglomerate, as part of its ongoing commitment to empower enterprises across Bangladesh digitally, a press release said. Under this agreement, Banglalink...

World Toilet Day, a global observance introduced by the United Nations to highlight the importance of safe sanitation. To honor the day, Harpic Bangladesh organized a special event at Dhaka’s Lakeshore Heights hotel to raise awareness about sanitation and...

Emirates has been voted ‘Best Airline in the World’ for the 8th consecutive year, at the ULTRAs travel awards held in Dubai. Based on votes from Ultratravel’s global network of 1.2 million travellers, Emirates also scooped the ‘Airline with...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's 61st birthday is today as the eldest son of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former three-time Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia was born on November 20, 1965. Tarique Rahman's birthday,...

DHAKA : The UN General Assembly's Third Committee has adopted by consensus a resolution on Rohingya Muslims, urging renewed global efforts for a durable solution to the crisis and for the safe, voluntary return of Rohingyas to Myanmar. Jointly tabled...