Bangladesh

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Friday left Dhaka for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on a 10-day visit to perform the holy Hajj as the Royal guest of the Saudi government. A VVIP aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Flight No: BG 331), carrying the President along with his spouse Dr Rebecca Sultana and entourage members left the Hazrat Shahjalal (R) ...

    The UK’s Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and the United Nations Lord Tariq Ahmad praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s outstanding leadership in driving Bangladesh’s significant economic growth and expressed satisfaction at the enhanced and strengthened Bangladesh-UK relations under her visionary leadership. Speaking at the roundtable on ‘Bangladesh’s Indo-Pacific Outlook and emerging partnership ...

BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday alleged that the Hindus, the largest religious minority in Bangladesh, are gradually leaving the country for lack of security. “People of all classes and professions, regardless of religion and caste, came together in 1971 to fight for the independence of the country holding a spirit that persecution, exploitation and discrimination against ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said neither the country’s people nor the international community support the current Awami League regime. Speaking at a road march programme in the capital, he also said it is now clear that no fair and neutral election was possible in the past or will be possible in the future under Sheikh ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 74th founding anniversary of the ruling Awami League (AL). She paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in the morning. After laying the wreath, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban this evening. “During the meeting, the Prime Minister discussed various state-level issues including her recent visit to Geneva in Switzerland,” President’s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS. The President was apprised by the Head of Government of various aspects of her recent foreign visit. President ...

Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Senior Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Faizul Karim on Thursday served a legal notice on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal, seeking Tk 500 crore as compensation and his resignation for his ‘irresponsible and derogatory comment’ during BCC polls. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Mohammed Abdul Baset sent the legal notice on behalf of Syed Faizul Karim. In the legal ...

Gono Odhikar Parishad leader Nurul Haque Nur held meetings with Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in Qatar, Dubai and India three times, Palestinian ambassador to Bangladesh Yousef SY Ramadan has said. He made the remark at a press conference held at the embassy in Dhaka on Thursday. The Palestinian envoy said, “Nur held meetings with Mossad in three phases in Qatar, ...

    The British High Commission celebrated the Official Birthday of His Majesty King Charles III and the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen on 21 June 2023 in Dhaka. Md. Tazul Islam, MP, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Government of Bangladesh, graced the reception as the guest of honour. A wide range ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the Prime Minister’s comment ‘falsely’ accusing their party of selling Saint Martin’s to go to power was nothing but a stunt to make political gains. Speaking at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, he also questioned whether the Prime Minister’s ‘fabricated’ statement involving BNP falls under the ...