Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneFM Momen: Bangladesh not turning into Sri Lanka
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said a certain group is spreading panic with “baseless” claims that Bangladesh will see a situation like crisis-hit Sri Lanka.
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File photo of students at a primary school Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneGovt mulls extending weekends for educational institutions to save on energy
The government is considering extending weekends for educational institutions to save on electricity, Education Minister Dipu Moni has said.
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Novelist Salman Rushdie attacked, wounded on stage at New York event
Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York and suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, according to New York State Police and an eyewitness.
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Indonesia, US troops hold live-fire drill as China tensions mount
Thousands of troops from Indonesia, the United States and allies held a live-fire drill Friday as part of what a top US general said was Washington's efforts to prevent a regional conflict after China's "destabilising actions" around Taiwan.
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Rohingyas walk on a road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka TribuneUN rights chief to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar
Michelle Bachelet is to make the first visit by a UN rights chief to Bangladesh next week, including to the sprawling refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, which is home to nearly a million Rohingya people.
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