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DHAKA : Chief Adviser's Special Envoy on International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi today said that PayPal has shown its interest in Bangladesh, but it would take time as the multinational financial technology company uses to follow a lengthy procedure to...

GAZIPUR : Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said that security and human rights are complementary in modern prison administration. "The state has a responsibility to return prisoners to society as reformed citizens while protecting their...

DHAKA : The Election Commission (EC) has allowed 55,454 local observers to monitor the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum scheduled for February 12. Of them, 7,997 observers from 81 observation organizations centrally registered with the EC, and constituency-based...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today instructed the Armed Forces to perform their duties with professionalism, neutrality, and inter-institutional coordination to ensure participatory, fear-free and fair national elections. The Chief Adviser gave the instruction at a views exchange...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the proposed Nilphamari 1,000-bed Bangladesh-China Friendship Hospital will emerge as a major medical hub, noting that this hospital is a strategic investment in improving the country's healthcare standards. "This hospital...

DHAKA : The Election Commission (EC) has asked that complaints over violations of the electoral code of conduct against any candidate be filed directly with the concerned returning officers or Election Enquiry Committees (EEC) for quicker resolution. EC Secretariat Senior...

DHAKA : Lutfey Siddiqi, Chief Adviser’s Special Envoy on International Affairs, represented Bangladesh at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting held last week in Davos, Switzerland. At the invitation of Borge Brende, CEO of the Forum and former Foreign...

DHAKA : The Election Commission (EC) has asked the authorities concerned to count votes at the polling centres and send reports to the Returning Officers, according to a circular issued by the EC on Saturday. In the circular, the EC...

WASHINGTON : A life-threatening winter storm brought hazardous conditions to a wide swath of the United States on Sunday, from Texas to New England, prompting warnings to stay off roads, along with mass flight cancellations and power outages. As the...

DHAKA : Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin today said foreign diplomats in Bangladesh have expressed full confidence in the Election Commission's ability to hold a free, fair, neutral, and credible 13th national parliamentary election. He made the remarks...