Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday reached a staff level agreement which, if approved by its board, will disburse $1.1 billion for the debt-ridden South Asian economy, the global lender said..The funds are the final tranche of a $3 billion last-gasp rescue package Pa
South Koreans will become at least a year younger from Wednesday as the nation adopts a new law to join the international standard of age counting
Cambodia’s main opposition party yesterday lost a bid to overturn its ban from the upcoming elections, paving the way for long-serving leader Hun Sen to run a one-horse race. Last week, the National Election Committee (NEC) refused to register the
Climate-related disruptions to the crucial Hindu Kush-Himalayan water system are posing risks to economic development and energy security in 16 Asian countries, and concerted action is needed to protect regional water flows, researchers said yesterday.
The Philippines yesterday accused China’s coast guard of “dangerous manoeuvres” and “aggressive tactics” in the South China Sea, in another maritime confrontation between the two countries at a time of simmering geopolitical tension.
A Chinese uncrewed combat aircraft has flown around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said, showcasing Beijing’s ability to attack its fall-back east coast
External pressure will not stop Taiwan engaging with the world, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday as she left for the United States, hitting a defiant note after China threatened retaliation if she met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
North Korea yesterday claimed it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a “radioactive tsunami”, as it blamed recent US-South Korea
A woman allegedly tried to kill herself after killing her three-year-old twin daughters at Bhuterdia village in Babuganj upazila under the
The US Coast Guard decommissions and transfers the Cutter Rush to the Bangladesh Navy during an official signing ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California.
Police arrested a young man with fake notes worth about Tk 7,400 in Kawapukur Bazar area of Pirganj upazila on Monday night.
Primary findings of Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu's autopsy report suggest there was “nothing abnormal” behind his death. Pintu died of cardiac arrest while serving life term imprisonment in Rajshahi jail.
At least 12 people were killed by lightning in Sunamganj, Jamalpur, Sherpur, Gaibandha, Bagerhat, Dinajpur and Mymensingh districts yesterday and the day before.
Chittagong's rail link snaps after a container train derails in Laksham. Official says the line will be back within a couple of hours.
Services of government-run 'Sram Kalyan Kendra' (labour welfare centre) in Saidpur upazila under the district remain virtually elusive
Fishermen of coastal districts Patuakhali and Barguna have not got benefit under the government's food support programme as the list of beneficiaries has not been prepared till now. The first phase of distribution of food grains was scheduled to start in March.
Forty policemen, including two officers-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Model Police Station in Chapainawabganj town, fell sick after having lunch on Monday.
The seismograph at Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) has remained inoperative since its sensor went out of order over
