Bangladesh

Bangladesh has sought Indonesia’s support for its bid to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and expressed readiness to pursue a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to deepen bilateral trade ties. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kobir made the requests when Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Listyowati paid a courtesy call on him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Wednesday said the law and order situation is now better than it was before the 13th parliamentary election, expressing confidence that the upcoming local government elections can also be held fairly. “If we could hold the 13th national parliamentary election fairly under that situation, we will be able to do so again,” ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday directed law enforcement agencies to take tougher actions to stop the indiscriminate use of polythene and plastic. He gave the directive while presiding over a review meeting on environmental pollution control held at the Bangladesh Secretariat this morning, said his Assistant Press Secretary Gazi Shahriar Pamir. The Prime Minister also directed the concerned ministries, ...

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 ...