BNP’s Rumeen takes oath as MP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s MP-elect for reserved seats for women in the Jatiya Sangsad Rumeen Farhana took oath as a member of the 11th parliament on Sunday.

BNP hits back at PM

BNP on Sunday alleged that prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s remark about its acting chairman Tarique Rahman is devoid of political etiquette.

Rival South China Sea visions in spotlight as Washington, Beijing front Shangri-La Dialogue

With China-US relations already strained amid an escalating trade war, attention is about to turn to a familiar arena -- the South China Sea.

Mahathir proposes common Asia trading currency

East Asia should consider a common regional trading currency based on gold to promote commerce, and free the region from relying on dollar transactions, Malaysia’s prime minister said Thursday.

Modi sworn in as India’s PM

India’s prime minister Narendra Modi launched his historic second term at a solemn ceremony in front of cheering supporters Thursday ahead of unveiling a revamped Hindu nationalist government.

Hasina given life-time DUCSU membership

Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was given lifetime membership of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union.

Nearly half of RMG workers yet to receive Eid allowances

Nearly half of the readymade garment factory owners across the country have failed to keep their promises of paying festival allowances to the workers in time ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, scheduled to be celebrated on June 5.

BOAT CAPSIZE IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Suspected human trafficker Enamul, accomplice remanded

Suspected human trafficker Enaml Haque and his accomplice Abdur Razzak on Thursday were taken to police custody in a case filed for trafficking some 59 youths who died in a boat capsize on the Mediterranean Sea on May 9 while they were attempting to reach Italy from Zouara of Libya.

Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises

The world’s top clothing brands are failing to fulfil their own promises to pay workers a fair living wage that covers basic family needs, academics and activists said on Thursday.