Bangladesh

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations begin today (June 25) simultaneously across the country, with a total of 12,51,111 candidates participating this year. Among the examinees, 618,015 are male and 633,096 are female. Of the total, 10,55,398 students are from the General Education Board, while 86,102 and 109,611 will take part under the Madrasa and Technical Education Boards ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged all to stop using one time plastic items. “Plastic is an environmental poison. It is a poison for all living things on earth, not just humans.” “If we do not change our lifestyle, our defeat to plastic is obvious,” he told a function as the chief guest at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre ...

A Dhaka court has granted bail to three individuals who were accused of allegedly assaulting former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah issued the bail order on Wednesday. The accused are Md Hanif, 38, member secretary of Uttara West unit of Sechchha Sebak Dal, Mojammel Haque Dhali, the prime accused and Md Kaiyum, joint convener ...

The BDR mutiny that took place on 25–26 February 2009 was the result of ‘long-term conspiracy’, according to the National Independent Investigation Commission report. The commission revealed its findings at a press conference held at the new building of the Science Laboratory in the capital on Wednesday. Fazlur Rahman, Chairman of the commission, said both the then armed forces command ...

The National Consensus Commission on Wednesday began the sixth day of its second-round talks with political parties. The discussion started around 11AM at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital, with the Commission’s Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz presiding over the session. Thanking the political leaders who present at the dialogue, Ali Riaz He thanked the leaders of political parties ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) have launched a round of high-level bilateral discussions in Beijing, signaling efforts to strengthen party-to-party and broader bilateral ties. The talks, held in a “cordial and constructive” atmosphere, were confirmed by Shairul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP’s media cell, who spoke to reporters in the Chinese capital. ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged unified national efforts to protect the fragile ecosystem of St Martin’s Island and to combat the growing threat of plastic pollution. His remarks came in a statement issued on the occasion of World Environment Day, which Bangladesh will observe on June 25. He emphasized that it is possible to preserve the nation’s biodiversity ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called for Kosovan investors to explore opportunities in Bangladesh’s Economic Zones and called for stronger engagement between the countries’ chambers of commerce to boost trade. The call came during a courtesy meeting with Lulzim Pllana, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Bangladesh, at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday. ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 17 development projects with a combined estimated cost of Tk 8,974.28 crore. The approval came during an ECNEC meeting held at National Economic Council (NEC) Conference Room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka, with ECNEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presiding. Among the 17 projects approved, 11 are ...

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong has said that China is looking forward to working with a new government in Bangladesh. Weidong shared this message during a meeting with a high-level BNP delegation, led by its Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, BNP Media Cell Member Sayrul Kabir Khan confirmed. ...