The study also found that poverty among the poorest households could fall by four percentage points from the current 37.2% ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has once again affirmed his pledge that he will enforce the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

Through this effort, development organisations and their staff will be encouraged to model gender-equitable behaviours and adopt approaches that drive meaningful, positive change ...

"Rallies will be held consecutively across seven divisional cities from 30 November to 6 December," Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer Maulana Yusuf Ashraf said at a press briefing at the ...

The party proposes that the fact-checking cell operate both centrally and at the upazila level through decentralisation ...

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Mobile phone traders have withdrawn the closure of all handset retail shops across the country after the Detective Branch (DB) of police released the Sumash Tech Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abu ...

The National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) is a government system that will verify every mobile handset on Bangladesh's telecom networks from 16 December. According to the Bangladesh ...

Hasina’s narratives have always been shaped less by truth and more by political need. In power, anti-US rhetoric was a tool of defiance. In exile, it became a story of martyrdom. Today, as she tries ...

Climate change is not a future scenario – it is a daily reality, says the deputy head of Bangladesh delegation ...

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has claimed that several media outlets misrepresented its position regarding the use of Ziaur Rahman and Tarique Rahman's photos in election campaigns.

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will rub shoulders with many of Corporate America's most powerful executives today (19 November), a day after President Donald Trump reintroduced him to ...