Bangladesh

Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation (Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation) has announced that vehicles will continue operating across the country on November 16 and 17 defying the Awami League’s ‘lockdown’. Humayun Kabir Khan, acting general secretary of the federation, made the announcement at a press conference at its central office on RAJUK Avenue in Dhaka’s Motijheel on Sunday morning. The ...

Bangladesh Television (BTV) will broadcast live on Monday the verdict in the case filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two other accused for crimes against humanity during the July uprising. A three-member bench headed by International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) Chairman Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder will deliver the judgment. The live verdict will be shown via giant screen at ...

A total of 201 students have newly obtained GPA-5 after re-evaluation of the their results in this year’s HSC in Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. Besides, 308 students who failed in initial results, passed in the re-evaluation. The reassessed results were published on Sunday (November 16). Dhaka Education Board’s officials said that this year, a total of 79,671 ...

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has sought cooperation from political parties to create a safe environment for voters during the national election. While speaking at a discussion with six registered political parties at Nirbachan Bhaban on Sunday, he said, ”The Election Commission cannot complete this big task alone. We need your support in bringing voters to the polling stations ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that protecting government-owned (khas) ponds and waterbodies is a collective duty, as these are significant national resources. According to official land records, Dhaka district and metropolitan area contain 113 khas ponds, of which 44 have been identified for renovation in the first phase. She made these ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a certain political party is attempting to create division within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He made the remark on Saturday morning while addressing a gathering in front of the residence of late BNP leader Barrister Aminul Haque in Godagari, Rajshahi, after offering prayers at his grave. Introducing Major General ...

A huge crowd of devotees thronged Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday as the International Khatme Nabuwat Conference commenced amid tight security and extensive participation from home and abroad. The religious congregation began at 9am with inaugural remarks and will continue until 2pm. From early morning, thousands of scholars, students of madrasas, and devout Muslims from various districts were seen ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said that no country can achieve sustainable development by excluding half of its population. He made the remarks on Friday while attending a three-day reunion of former cadets of Joypurhat Girls’ Cadet College as the chief guest. “When women make up 50 percent of the population, it is impossible to move the nation ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher and leaders of seven other parties have called on the Chief Adviser to immediately announce a separate date for the national referendum, instead of holding it on the same day as the upcoming general election. Speaking at a joint press conference held at Al-Falah Hall at Moghbazar in Dhaka on Friday, Taher said, “We ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has pledged that the party will ensure the strictest punishment for perpetrators of violence against women if entrusted with power through people’s mandate. He made the remarks at a pre-procession rally titled “Rising Violence and Disrespect: Conscious Women Prepared to Resist,” organized by Women and Children Rights Forum at Shahbagh in Dhaka. Following the ...