The United States has resumed issuing immigrant visas to nationals of 75 countries, including Bangladesh, after a federal court struck down a policy that had suspended such visas since January. The US ...

Old Faujian Association on Saturday elected a new 15-member central governing body for the 2026-2028 term, said a press release. The decision was made during the association’s annual general meeting ...

Israeli airstrikes killed five people west of Gaza City on Monday, a Gaza hospital and rescuers said, while the Israeli army said it targeted Hamas ‘military operatives’. Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza ...

MECCA is more than a city in the Muslim imagination. Its religious and symbolic significance means that when Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement there on August ...

THE strategic landscape surrounding Bangladesh has shifted with unprecedented swiftness. Following the signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, Dhaka ...

Bangladesh’s Runa Khan, founder and executive director of non-governmental organisation Friendship, has received the 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award. The award, widely regarded as ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’, ...

Bangladesh and China are set to launch a foreign minister-level strategic dialogue and a state minister-level diplomacy and defence dialogue as the two countries seek to deepen their strategic ...

The government on Monday approved the National Pay Scale 2026, retaining the existing 20-grade structure while substantially raising basic salaries, pensions and several allowances for public servants ...

Thailand’s government has warned that ‘problematic’ tourists could face deportation as new rules on removing foreigners convicted of illegal activities came into effect on Friday. The changes come ...

The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment has blamed Malaysia for selecting the recruiting agencies allowed to send workers from Bangladesh, saying that the process was carried out ...

The police in Savar have detained three people, including a woman, over allegations that they lured a man into a flat, held him hostage, beat him, and extorted Tk 2 lakh, officials said. The suspects ...

Influential food companies are allegedly lobbying the government to delay the enactment of the draft ‘Front-of-Pack Labeling Regulations, 2026’ or make the regulations voluntary. If voluntary labeling ...