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Colombo Port City: A new Dubai or a Chinese enclave?

By AA News Desk

Next to Colombo's leafy business district, the huge expanse of sand reclaimed from the sea is being transformed into

Amended law awaits JS approval

By AA Correspondent

An amended law regarding the enlistment of Razakars, Al Badar, Al Shams and other anti-independence collaborators was approved by

'India is keen to construct kitchen market infrastructures in BD'

By Rafiqul Islam Pintu, AA

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Tajul Islam has said that India is interested in constructing infrastructure of

Global jobs recovery delayed by pandemic: ILO

By AA News Desk

The global job market will take longer to recover than previously thought, with unemployment set to remain above pre-Covid-19

Filing fictitious cases now a regular matter: BNP

By AA News Desk

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the filing of 'fictitious' cases against their party

Malaysian Hindus mark festival under strict Covid curbs

By AA News Desk

Malaysian Hindus carried offerings up hundreds of steps to a major temple Monday to mark the annual Thaipusam festival

BSF hands over 29 BD nationals to BGB in last one year

By AA News Desk

Over the past one year, a total of 29 Bangladeshi nationals "inadvertently crossed" the international border and all of

BBC's Indian Sportswoman of the Year contest returns

By AA News Desk

The BBC has announced the third edition of its sports award which celebrates and honours India's finest sportswomen.The BBC

India's legendary dancer Birju Maharaj dies at 83

By AA News Desk

Kathak legend Pandit Birju Maharaj has died at his home in Delhi after suffering a heart attack at the

'Russia would pay price for attack on Ukraine'

By AA News Desk

The new German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, sought to reassure a nervous Ukraine that she will not allow Germany

Over 80% Delta variant infections in Bangladesh

By AA Correspondent

Bangladesh has enforced a new set of rules and guidelines to check a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections in

'Stay vigilant against militancy'

By AA News Desk

President Abdul Hamid says Bangladesh must remain vigilant against militancy and terrorism, which threaten the peace of the nation

ARSA leader's brother arrested in Cox's Bazar

By Chanchal Das Gupta, AA

Police on Sunday arrested Mohammad Shah Ali, brother of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) leader Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi,

Reports: Texas synagogue hostage -taker was British

By AA News Desk

A hostage-taker who detained four people at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, was a British citizen,

Scientists developing 'patent-free, cheaper' Covid vaccine

By AA News Desk

Scientists at Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine in the US, led by

'No relation between opening schools and Covid spread'

By AA News Desk

There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are

BB shrinks down single borrower loan exposure limit

By Nasir Uddin Shah, AA

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reduced the limit of loan provided by any bank to a single person or organization

'Govt working to manage e-waste and solid waste'

By Rafiqul Islam Pintu, AA

The present government is relentlessly working to manage e-waste and solid waste in the country, Forest, Environment and Climate

Protests held in front of Pak Consulate in Los Angeles

By AA News Desk

A protest was organized on 10 January 2022 by Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), California in front of the Pakistan

Twitter bans account linked to Iran leader

By AA News Desk

Twitter said Saturday it had permanently suspended an account linked to Iran's supreme leader that posted a video calling

GM Quader tests positive for Covid-19 again

By AA News Desk

Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in parliament Golam Mohammad Quader has tested positive for coronavirus

Ekushey Book Fair postponed

By AA News Desk

The month-long Ekushey Book Fair, which usually begins on the first day of February here, has been postponed for

Gunmen kill 50 in Nigeria

By AA News Desk

Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes ransacked a village and killed more than 50 people in the latest violence in

'Bangamata symbol of shining Bangladesh'

By Jahid Chowdhuy, AA

Bangamata Parishad accorded a reception to freedom fighters in the capital on Saturday. Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Professor

'Trees cover 22.37 percent of country's total land'

By Mohan Mia, AA

The area covered by trees has increased to 22.37 percent of country's total land area, Minister for Environment, Forest

Doraiswami hopeful of commercial screening of Indian films in BD

By Salman Farshi, AA

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has expressed optimism that the authorities concerned in Bangladesh will soon

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