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Fakhrul calls for national polls after minimum reforms
08:57 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday, January 21, called for taking measures to hold elections after completing minimum reforms...
Mass rally demands reopening of 16 Beximco factories
07:57 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayThousands of workers held a mass rally in Gazipur city on Tuesday, January 21, demanding the reopening of 16 closed factories inside the Beximco Industrial Park...
Yunus reaches Zurich to attend World Economic Forum
07:03 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayChief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus arrived in Switzerland's Zurich on Tuesday, January 21, to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos...
Police’s all units will wear same uniform: DMP chief
05:54 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayDhaka Metropolitan Police, DMP, Commissioner Sheikh Sajjad Ali has said there will no longer be separate uniform for different units of Bangladesh Police rather all of the force will wear same uniform. He shared this information in a view-exchange...
Govt to procure 1,50,000 tonnes fertiliser
04:53 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayThe government on Tuesday, January 21, approved separate proposals for procuring 1,50,000 tonnes of fertiliser – 1,20,000 metric tonnes of urea fertiliser and 30,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid – to meet the country's growing demand...
Turkey ski resort hotel fire kills 66
04:04 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayA fire has engulfed a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of Bolu, killing 66 people and injuring at least 51 more, officials have said. The fire broke out at the 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period when 234 people were staying there, he added...
RFL displaying 20000 products at DITF
03:32 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayRFL, the country's leading business conglomerate, is displaying its wide range of products in the largest pavilion of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)...
4 Addl DIGs, 16 SPs transferred
02:47 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayA total of 20 officers, including four Additional Deputy Inspector Generals (Additional DIGs) and 16 Superintendents of Police (SPs), have been transferred.
Pakistan eyes $3B trade with Bangladesh as relations thaw
02:24 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayRelations between Bangladesh and Pakistan are experiencing a historic thaw following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August.
Bangladesh wins 10 medals including 2 golds at Robot Olympiad
01:37 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayBangladesh's team won a total of 10 medals, including two golds, at the 26th International Robot Olympiad. This year, competitors from 26 countries participated in the event.
Expatriates block road in Panthapath due to vaccine shortage
12:27 PM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayExpatriates heading to the Middle East have blocked the road in the Panthapath area of the capital, Dhaka, due to a shortage of vaccines, disrupting traffic in the area. Police from the Tejgaon Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) are at the scene to manage the situation.
Trump vows to seize Panama Canal, urges Putin to make Ukraine deal
11:03 AM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayDonald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Monday, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to make a deal on Ukraine.
Trump orders US withdrawal from WHO
10:29 AM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Trump gives TikTok 75-day grace period from US ban
09:50 AM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US, as he floated an idea of partnering with the app's Chinese owner.
Trump pardons over 1,500 US Capitol rioters
09:11 AM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump granted pardons on Monday to more than 1,500 of his supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a bid to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Yunus off to Davos to attend WEF
08:29 AM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayChief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka for Davos, Switzerland, in the early hours of Tuesday for a four-day official visit to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Trump sworn in, declares ‘America’s decline is over’
08:22 AM, 21 Jan 2025 TuesdayThe United States was launched on a fresh course of disruption and division on Monday as Donald Trump was sworn in as its 47th president, promising a blitz of executive orders, a radical shake-up of the global order and a “golden age of America”.
6 reform commissions’ terms extended again until Feb 15
09:48 PM, 20 Jan 2025 MondayThe government has once again extended the tenure of six reform commissions tasked with addressing major challenges and driving improvements across various sectors. A notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Monday announced that the terms of these commissions have been extended until February 15.
Yunus greets Trump ahead of 2nd term inauguration
09:13 PM, 20 Jan 2025 MondayDhaka has extended greetings to Donald Trump as he is set to be sworn-in for a second term as president of the United States of America (USA) within few hours in Washington DC.
Furniture industry can create millions of jobs: Ahsan Khan Chy
08:58 PM, 20 Jan 2025 MondayAhsan Khan Chowdhury, Chairman and CEO of the leading industrial group Pran-RFL, stated that their primary objective is to create employment opportunities for people. He emphasized that business is their core profession, and given the large number of people in need of employment in the country, he believes the furniture industry has the potential to generate jobs for millions.