Smoke billows as fire originated at a furniture factory in the city’s Jatrabari area on Friday.

US House Foreign Affairs Committee trashes report on its BD statement

UNB, Dhaka :House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Committee’s Ranking Member Eliot Engel have said they have not issued any press statement on Bangladesh but they are monitoring the political situation. “Though the Committee and many Members of Congress continue to monitor the political situation in Bangladesh, the Committee and the Members did not-issue any such statement. It is unacceptable that any party would seek to use a fraudulent press statement from the U.S. Congress...

10 Jan 2015, 12:00 am