Bangladesh is showing an upward trend again in remittance sent by expatriates which exceeded US$ 2 billion in 28 days of August. According to Bangladesh Bank’s updated report on remittance as of... Read more »

The interim government has decreased the prices of petroleum fuels at the retail level with effect from September 1. As per a gazette notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division... Read more »

The Instrument of Accession to the International Convention for Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) has been officially deposited to the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), who is... Read more »

Referring to the recent telephone conversation between Indian Prime Miister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, India has said the absence of an aspect in one press release or the other... Read more »

Bangladesh has officially acceded to the United Nations’ International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The historic signing took place today, August 29, during the weekly meeting of... Read more »

The interim government has officially revoked the executive order issued by the previous Awami League government, which had imposed a ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatrashibir. The home... Read more »

Bangladesh is the world’s most polluted country and particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident’s life expectancy by 4.8 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health... Read more »

Former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mohammad Ali Arafat, was apprehended today (27 August) from Dhaka’s Gulshan area. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police verified the arrest to The Business Standard, though the... Read more »