Australian PM accuses Morrison of trashing democracy, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that his predecessor secretly seized control of five ministerial posts, labeling it an “unprecedented trashing of our democracy”. Albanese said Scott Morri-son had appointed himself to more ministries than initially thought, and promised a further investigation. From March 2020 until he […]

President hosts milad at Bangabhaban on National Mourning Day, President M Abdul Hamid today hosted a milad and doa mahfil at Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban after Magrib prayers marking the National-Mourning Day and the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. President hosts milad at Bangabhaban on National Mourning Day […]

BD-India JRC ministerial-level meeting begins in New Delhi, The long-awaited ministerial-level meeting of Bangladesh India Joint River Commission (JRC) began at Sushma Swaraj Bhaban here this afternoon. India’s Jal Shakti (Water Resources) Minister Gajendra Singh Shakhawat and State Minister for Water Resources of Bangladesh Zaheed Farooque are leading their respective sides in the meeting. BD-India […]

Taliban mark turbulent first year in power, The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women’s rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Islamists captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government […]

Zia, his family were most beneficiaries of Bangabandhu killing, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud today said the great truth is that Ziaur Rahman and his family were the most beneficiaries of the Bangabandhu assassination and it is the reality. “It will be known how and who was involved in the conspiracies, especially how […]

Electrical fire kills 41 in Cairo Coptic church, More than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian chur-ch in a working-class district of Greater Cairo during mass on Sunday, state and religious officials said. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba […]