Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen thought she had finally found a date for her wedding, but has now had to postpone it for a third time due to an EU summit, she said. Many a wedding plan has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and it seems not even world …

President M Abdul Hamid on Friday urged the people to utilize the spirit of Durga Puja in personal and social life to take forward the heritage and culture with the country’s overall advancement. “Utilize the spirit of Durga Puja to remove untrue, injustice and misdeeds from the society to build …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the Indian government to inform Bangladesh beforehand about any impending decision to ban the export of any product like onion so that Bangladesh can import that from alternative markets. “Suddenly, you (India) have stopped exporting onion. We could have arranged from other countries …

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources said Bangladesh has so far installed 5.2 million Solar Home System (SHS) and achieved top position in the world. “We are encouraging to generate electricity from renewable energy sources,” he told the President of World Economic Forum (WEF) Borge Brende at Hotel …

Police on Friday said the process to bring back fugitive ‘top terror’ Jisan Ahmed from the United Arab Emirates has already begun. According to a UNB report, he was arrested in Dubai on Wednesday last. “He’ll be brought back soon through the Foreign Ministry after completion of necessary formalities,” said …

Bangladesh has emerged as one of the countries in the World Bank’s ‘Top-20 improvers in Doing Business 2020’ list. The global lender recently issued a statement in this regard acknowledging that the country has implemented various reform initiatives to make a business-friendly environment in recent times. The World Bank said …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of recurrence of 1/11 in the country, saying that the government is taking stern action against corruption earlier so that repeat of incident like 1/11 could not take place. “I can say it (clearly) that 1/11 won’t happen again. If any …

The government has planned to increase the number of hajj pilgrims under government management to 50 percent from the next year, reports UNB. State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah said this on Monday while speaking at a press briefing at the Secretariat over hajj management. “The government has …

Railway Minister M Nurul Islam Sujon said the government has taken an initiative to build a separate rail bridge over the Jamuna River, reports BSS. He made the remarks on Monday while visiting the construction works of the 3rd and 4th line of the Dhaka-Tongi rail line and the Tongi-Joydebpur …

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the private space company’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket Starship is expected to be launched into orbit in six months, reports Xinhua from Washington. Musk spoke in front of a 50-meter, 200-ton Starship prototype at the SpaceX launch facility in Texas Saturday night, revealing more details …