Bangladesh

The decision was taken at the first meeting of Parliamentary Business Advisory Committee, chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, at the Cabinet Room of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Saturday, according to a press release from Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat. Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman attended the meeting. Among others present were Leader of the Opposition Md. Shafiqur ...

Journalist Anis Alamgir was released from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur on Saturday after securing bail in two separate cases. Senior Jail Superintendent Al Mamun said the approval for Alamgir’s release reached the jail around midnight on Friday. He was freed after authorities verified the necessary documents. On Wednesday, a Dhaka court granted bail to Alamgir in two cases filed ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman left Dhaka on Saturday morning for the United States to attend a series of engagements in support of Bangladesh’s campaign for the Presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). On his way to New York, the foreign minister will make a brief stopover in Türkiye, where he is scheduled to ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that the government has already begun implementing the promises made to the people prior to the national election. Speaking at the inauguration of the monthly honorarium programme for imams, muezzins, and religious leaders of various faiths at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday, he said the government has acted promptly after being ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday inaugurated a programme to provide monthly allowances to imams, muazzins and other religious leaders, fulfilling one of the key electoral pledges of BNP. The programme was inaugurated at a ceremony held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the morning, according to BNP media cell. The government also launched similar allowance programmes for priests and temple ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member and Prime Minister’s Adviser Mirza Abbas underwent a second round of brain surgery on Friday evening. The second phase of surgery begun around 6.30 PM at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, after complications arose following the first procedure. The first surgery began at 3 pm and was completed by 6:15 pm. Doctors then decided ...

Jatiyo Nagorik Party (NCP) convener and opposition chief whip Md Nahid Islam has described the reported attempt to file a case against coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) over their role during the July uprising as a “planned political attack.” In a statement sent to the media on Friday, Nahid said an attempt had been made to file a ...

Shaikh Rabiul Alam, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping, has assured that public transport will receive sufficient fuel starting 15 March, ensuring uninterrupted services during the busy Eid period. Speaking on Friday during a visit to Kamalapur Railway Station, the first day of Eid train operations, the minister emphasised that fuel shortages will not trigger fare hikes ...

Bangladesh and Japan today resumed negotiations with a Japanese consortium in a renewed effort to operationalise the long-delayed Third Terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on a win-win basis. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanom (Rita) told BSS after the meeting, “We had a good meeting. We are trying to make the third terminal operational as soon as ...

Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, along with Deputy Speaker Barrister Kaiser Kamal, paid tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War by laying wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar on Friday. The wreaths were placed at the altar of the memorial around 10:15 AM. Following the ceremony, the Speaker and the ...