UAE to reopen labour market for Bangladeshis soon

United Arab Emirates is set to reopen its labour market to Bangladeshi migrant workers ‘very soon’ after an eight-year ban, Bangladesh’s envoy to the UAE has revealed.

BNP rejects polls, calls hartal for Sunday

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday evening called a dawn to dusk hartal in Dhaka city on Sunday rejecting the results of elections to two city corporations in Dhaka.

CEC faces fingerprint mismatch

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Saturday cast his votes with assistance from a presiding officer as his fingerprint did not match...

Obaidul hospitalised with breathing difficulty

Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical ..

The UK has left the EU -- and the implications for the world are huge

Brexit has happened. After 1,316 days of political turmoil, the UK now stands alone as the first nation to have ever left the European Union.

Dhaka to ask Doha to recruit more workers, recognise skills

The government prepares to request the Qatari authorities to increase recruitment of workers from Bangladesh in the current year, said officials in Dhaka.

Senate impeachment trial: Wednesday acquittal vote scheduled after effort to have witnesses fails

The Senate on Friday voted to block any witnesses from being called in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, a move that marked the beginning ..

Voting in DSCC, DNCC polls begins

The voting in the polls to Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation began at 8:00am on Saturday.

Foreign missions barred from engaging local staff in polls observation

The foreign ministry on Thursday issued a letter to all the foreign diplomatic missions in Dhaka asking them not to include their Bangladeshi ..

Bats, the source of so many viruses, could be the origin of Wuhan coronavirus, say experts

Scientists have said that a type of snake may be the original source of the Wuhan coronavirus. However, other infectious disease experts say the ultimate..