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Dr Mustafa K Mujeri, a distinguished economist and the Executive Director of the Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM), and Dr A K Enamul Haque, Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), have joined the...

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025 of the Australia Alumni Association Bangladesh (AAAB) and the election of its Executive Committee for the 2026–2027 term was held on 27 December at the CIRDAP Auditorium in Dhaka, a press release said. The...

A meeting of the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held on December 28, 2025 Sunday at Islami Bank Tower. Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Mohammad Khurshid Wahab,...

PALM BEACH : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will sit down Sunday with Donald Trump and seek to secure the US president's stamp of approval for a new proposal to end the nearly four-year conflict with Russia. The 20-point plan, which...

Nari Maitree has congratulated the Interim Government for approving the Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, describing it as a significant step toward protecting public health. Following the approval of the ordinance at the latest...

PRISTINA : Kosovo voters head to the polls on Sunday for snap parliamentary elections, hoping to end ten months of political deadlock and crisis. Vetevendosje (VV), the party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won most votes in a February 9...

YANGON : Polls closed in the first round of Myanmar's junta-run elections on Sunday, an AFP journalist saw, ending the opening phase of a month-long vote democracy watchdogs describe as a ploy to rebrand military rule. An AFP journalist saw...

DHAKA : BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said the shadow of expansionism still looms large over Bangladesh as a group is engaged in a conspiracy to undermine the country's sovereignty and independence. He said, "Bangladesh's thousands...

DHAKA : Tajnuva Jabeen, Joint Convener of NationalCitizen Party (NCP) , today resigned and announced that she will not contest the upcoming national parliamentary election. In a Facebook post, Tajnuva said her resignation was prompted by a loss of trust...

DHAKA : Education Adviser Professor Dr Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar today said the government has made every effort to provide quality and accurate textbooks to students. “Despite various obstacles and pressures, there has been no shortfall in fulfilling this responsibility,” he...