“A flag hoisting ceremony was held at the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka today to mark the nation’s 75th Independence Day. While keeping in view Covid guidelines, a large number of Pakistanis in Bangladesh attended the ceremony. The official ceremony began with recitation from the Holy Qura’n following which High Commissioner Mr. Imran Ahmed Siddiqui […]

Photo: AFP The Dasu terrorist attack that killed nine Chinese nationals in Pakistan on July 14 was planned in Afghanistan and carried out by the Swat chapter of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at a press conference on Thursday. Some suspects have been arrested in Pakistan and the […]

One million of gifted Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from the Chinese Government to the Bangladesh Government, arrived safely in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. This new batch of badly needed China-aided vaccines arrived, just after former batches of 11 lakh gifted Chinese Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Dhaka on May 12th and June 13th, 2021. In the battle […]

Vaccinations have begun for people in the camps for displaced people, amid a record COVID-19 surge in Bangladesh and a widening global vaccine divide. The vaccination campaign begins on 10 August with priority for people aged 55 and over covering 48,000 camp residents. About 500 Bangladesh Red Crescent staff and volunteers are working under the […]

Huawei, the leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, has contributed digital equipment and other devices necessary to develop a smart classroom for unprivileged children through Obhizatrik Foundation on August 9, 2021, with a view to ensuring a better-connected world for all.  To pull off this program, Huawei has collaborated with Obhizatrik Foundation, […]

        Bangladesh fast bowler Shoriful Islam has been given an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third T20I against Australia in Dhaka on Friday (Aug. 6,2021).Shoriful was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, […]

The White House released a statement on Thursday saying that US President Joe Biden, in the foreign policy interests of the US, signed a memorandum to defer the enforced departure for Hong Kong residents presently in the US with “compelling foreign policy reasons.” The memorandum is filled with attacks against the national security law for […]

An event marking “Kashmir Youm-e-Istehsal” in Bangladesh capital Dhaka has reaffirmed support to the oppressed people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir.The High Commission for Pakistan in Dhaka organized a virtual event Thursday to observe “Youm-e-Istehsal” to express solidarity with the oppressed people of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Pakistan community […]

There is no credible evidence that the novel coronavirus was released from China, the leader of a major Bangladeshi journalist union has said, reports Xinhua News Agency M Abdullah, president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, the country’s apex union for professional journalists, made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua, […]