TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwanese began voting in midterm local elections Saturday that are seen as a referendum on the independence-leaning administration of President Tsai Ing-wen, amid...
The World Bank today announced a $93 billion replenishment package of the International Development Association (IDA) to help low-income countries respond to the COVID-19 crisis and build a greener, more...
The U.S. government has warned for years that products from China’s Huawei Technologies Co., the world’s biggest maker of telecommunications equipment, pose a national security risk for...
India’s gross domestic product will contract by 10.3% and per capita income by 11.2% in 2020-21, while Bangladesh’s GDP will increase by 3.8% and per capita...
As Bangladesh marks the 50th anniversary of its victory, experts note that it has transformed itself from an economic “basket case” into one of the world’s fastest-growing...
Actress Pori Moni has signed director Chayanika Chowdhury’s debut web film ‘Kagojer Bou’, replacing Mahiya Mahi. The director opened the shooting with Pori Moni at different...
Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed urged the country’s growing youth force to channel all their efforts to make Vision 2041 a reality and resist...
The sixth and final phase of Union Parishad elections will be held on January 31, the Election Commission announced today. A total of 219 union parishads...
Bangladesh has introduced the electronic passport (e-passport) service for Bangladeshi expatriates in Germany in a bid to reduce their hassles. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan inaugurated the...
A ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ has been set up at the Bangladesh High Commission in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen inaugurated the corner today. It...