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DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called for an early start to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the European Union (EU), stressing the need to safeguard Bangladesh’s trade preferences in its largest export market once the...

CHATTOGRAM : Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said steps would be taken as per the law if anyone tries to disrupt internet services during the election period. “If anyone is found trying to disrupt the...

DHAKA : Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today expressed optimism that the upcoming parliamentary election, scheduled for February 12, will be held in a fair and peaceful manner. He expressed the hope while speaking at the closing session of...

DHAKA : Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Professor Ali Riaz has said the July Charter has been formulated to block the return of dictatorship permanently in Bangladesh. He said the existing constitution has scopes for the emergence of authoritarian...

DHAKA : The Election Commission (EC) has banned posters in electioneering and also imposed stricter controls on banners as part of its Code of Conduct for the 13th National Parliament Election and the Referendum scheduled for February 12. The campaign...

COX'S BAZAR : Tourist travel to Saint Martin's Island, the country's only coral island in the Bay of Bengal, has been closed for nine consecutive months from February 1 following the end of the tourism season on January 31. Although...

DHAKA : A total of 157,798 expatriate ballots cast through the "Postal Vote BD" mobile app for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election and referendum have so far reached Bangladesh. At the same time, 461,604 expatriate voters have already...

WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran was negotiating with the United States, even as the Islamic republic's army chief warned Washington against launching military strikes, reports BSS. "(Iran is) talking to us, and we'll see if we...

KYIV : Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his negotiators were waiting to hear from the United States on further meetings about ending the war with Russia. Zelensky's remarks in his evening address appeared to suggest that a second round...

DHAKA : The Election Commission (EC) has sent postal ballots to 518,603 voters across the country who registered through the “Postal Vote BD” app to cast their votes in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election and referendum. Salim Ahmad Khan, Team...