Actor Huang Yiliang.- Courtesy The Straits Times Retired actor-director Ng Aik Leong, better known as Huang Yiliang, has been convicted of assaulting his Bangladeshi worker… Read More »Singapore actor convicted of assaulting Bangladeshi worker
Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki. — UNB Photo Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki on Sunday hoped that the people-to-people exchange between Bangladesh and… Read More »Dhaka, Tokyo P2P ties to grow: Japanese ambassador
A file photo shows relief-seekers waiting on a street island near the National Press Club in Dhaka as the COVID-19 outbreak pushed the poor to… Read More »Poverty, inequality surge in Bangladesh: SANEM
The Bahrain government has regularized visas of 30,000 Bangladeshis amid the COVID-19 pandemic under the nine-month general amnesty from April to December last year with… Read More »Efforts on to regularize remaining Bangladeshis in Bahrain: MoFA
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has said the Bangladesh-US relations will only get stronger with no major changes under the new Biden Administration. “I… Read More »Dhaka-Washington ties to get stronger under Biden Administration: Ambassador Miller
Echoing the slogan “Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society”, the 19th edition of the Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) has officially began in the… Read More »Curtain rises on 19th Dhaka International Film Festival
Thirteen more people died of COVID-19 and 762 others tested positive for the disease across the country in the past 24-hour period ending at 8:00am… Read More »COVID-19 claims 13 more, infects 762 in Bangladesh
Pointing out that industrially produced trans fat, often present in tasty treats, is a silent killer, experts have urged the Bangladesh government to formulate laws… Read More »Frame laws to limit trans fat in foods, say experts
Indian logistics giant Ecom Express Ltd will invest Tk 100 crore in a Bangladeshi home delivery platform Paperfly, said a press release on Tuesday. Founded in… Read More »Indian firm Ecom to invest Tk100cr in Bangladesh’s Paperfly
A bailey bridge with a truck on it collapses at Kutukchhari in Rangamati on Tuesday morning. — New Age photo The temporary steel deck bailey… Read More »Risky bailey bridges still in operation in Bangladesh