Bangladesh

Bangladesh and India have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation and working together on shared security interests during a meeting held today. The meeting was held between Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi at the Defence Adviser’s office at the Armed Forces Division in Dhaka ...

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad expressed deep concern over disappearance of children in the capital and other parts of the country, with more than 2,000 children still missing between January and July this year. In a statement, the organization president Dr Fauzia Moslem and General Secretary Maleka Banu urged authorities to strengthen surveillance and take necessary measures to locate missing children. According ...

Dhaka residents will have to accept some load shedding as the government has moved away from its policy of keeping the capital completely free of power cuts, said Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday. ”Some load shedding is taking place in Dhaka because we have moved away from the idea of keeping the capital entirely load-shedding-free.” ...

Four expatriate Bangladeshis were killed in a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia. Two of the deceased were identified as Abdul Karim and Khalid Ahmed of Lamar Taluk village under Dakshin Banigram Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet. The identities of the other two could not be confirmed immediately. The accident occurred around 2:00 PM local time on Monday (September ...

The third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will be inaugurated on December 16 this year, said Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashiduzzaman Millat on Tuesday. The minister made the announcement while speaking to reporters after inspecting the third terminal at the airport. He said preparations are underway to ensure the terminal is ready for inauguration on the scheduled date.

BNP Acting Secretary General and Prime Minister’s Adviser Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that various vested interests and conspirators have repeatedly attempted to undermine religious harmony in Bangladesh. He said the country’s longstanding bonds of communal harmony would remain unshaken, stressing that people of different faiths regularly participate in one another’s religious festivals and celebrations. Rizvi made the remarks on ...

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam has described as “illegal” and “unlawful” the opportunity given by the interim government to Abul Kalam Azad, who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed in 1971, to surrender on the condition that he would file an appeal. The chief prosecutor made the remarks in response to questions from ...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) information relating to the assets, bank accounts and business records of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his wife, Rukmila Zaman, in the United States. ACC Deputy Director (Public Relations) Akhtarul Islam disclosed the information at a briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, on Monday. ...

High Court Justice Md Abdul Mannan has regained his judicial powers nearly six months after being kept away from judicial proceedings over an alleged incident of discourteous conduct at an Apex Club event in Cumilla. A Supreme Court source confirmed the development on Monday. According to the High Court cause list, Justice Abdul Mannan is now hearing cases in a ...

At least 481 people were killed and 664 others injured in 513 road accidents across the country in August, reflecting a 15.65 per cent increase in daily fatalities compared to July. The Road Safety Foundation released the figures in a report signed by its Executive Director Saidur Rahman on Monday (September 7). The daily average death toll rose from 13.41 ...