Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmed today said that the ministry will pay the Covid-19 RT-PCR test fee -- of Tk 1,600 -- for each United Arab Emirates (UAE)-bound worker.

An international conference on “Recognition of 1971 Bangladesh Genocide" at the Geneva Press Club, Switzerland was held yesterday.

Effective and sustainable agro-technology of Spain’s Almería will help  agricultural development of Bangladesh, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

Flight to UAE could not be operated today as the authorities of the Gulf country are yet to give their decision on the standard operating procedures (SOP) of Covid-19 test for outbound passengers at Dhaka airport.

Pandemic may give rise to new leadership among Bangladeshi diasporas

Demanding RT-PCR lab at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), a section of Bangladeshis working in United Arab Emirates, who are stranded here, started fast unto death in front of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment in Dhaka this morning.

Six Bangladeshis, who were evacuated to Qatar from Afghanistan last week, have finally returned home last night.

Six Bangladeshi telecom engineers, who were evacuated to Qatar from Afghanistan last week, are on the way to Dhaka.

A Bangladeshi child, who was born in Lebanon, has died there after battling cancer for nearly one and a half years.

A large number of Bangladeshis expatriates living in Lebanon have flocked to Covid-19 vaccination centres after they got the opportunity to be vaccinated in a special programme.

Falling debris has trapped a Bangladeshi construction worker at a site in Malaysia’s Petaling Jaya in an accident today.

Few tragedies in the history of political assassinations were as brutal as the tragedy of August 15th, 1975, which also had a profound impact in reversing the course of the nation. The Founding Father of Bangladesh was gunned down along with most of his family members present at his residence. When the murderers accomplished their mission just before the call for Fajr prayers, there lay a man who through his courage, charisma, and unprecedented sacrifice inspired a long oppressed nation -- leading to the creation of Bangladesh. World knew him as the synonym to a nation, his people adored him and history loved him. When the killers left the house at Dhanmondi 32, the address of which is inexplicably intertwined with the birth of a nation, it was completely silent -- no one left to wail.

There are growing efforts among Bangladeshis living abroad to lobby their prospective governments to help send vaccines and other medical supplies to Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi expatriates have applied to the Australia Parliament to send a gift of 50 million AstraZeneca vaccines to the country.