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DHAKA : Bangladesh has been placed in Tier 2 in the US Department of State's 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, recognizing the country's significant and sustained progress in combating human trafficking despite ongoing challenges linked to governance transitions...

DHAKA : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the whole world supports Bangladesh's democratic transition through elections. He said, "The whole world supports this democratic transition. Specifically, the support of the democratic world is completely present here." Fakhrul...

DHAKA : BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has praised veteran photojournalist and human rights activist Shahidul Alam for taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian aid flotilla seeking to break the siege on war-ravaged Gaza. In a Facebook...

DHAKA : High Commissioners and Ambassadors from the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) group participated in a special programme hosted by Abida Islam, Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK and Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today returned home wrapping up his nine-day New York tour to attend the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session. A commercial flight of Emirates airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourages landed...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today expressed deep sorrow at the death of his friend Dr Jane Goodall, a world renowned zoologist, primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist. “I am deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend Dr...

DHAKA : Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum today said that the people of country have always upheld the spirit of communal harmony and mutual respect and no force can weaken this long-standing unity. "Humanity and giving service to...

DHAKA : Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, has called for enhanced global cooperation, finance and technology transfer to achieve transformational adaptation in the face of...

DHAKA : The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places across the country over the next 24 hours, beginning at 9:00 am today. "Light...

DHAKA : The Global Sumud Flotilla, an international civilian convoy carrying humanitarian aid and activists, has come under increasing pressure from the Israeli Navy. Despite aggressive interception attempts, organizers assert that many vessels remain committed to reaching Gaza, framing...