Bangladesh

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has directed police personnel to ensure public services are delivered with honesty, integrity, and professionalism, warning that any proven negligence or misconduct will face strict action. The minister made the remarks during a visit to Ramna Model Police Station under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in the capital on Saturday. During the visit, he interacted with senior ...

Leader of the Opposition and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman has arrived in Japan on a seven-day official visit. He departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:45am on Saturday and landed at Narita International Airport at 3:45pm local time the same day, the party said in a Facebook post. Upon arrival, he was warmly received by leaders ...

Moving to normalise ties after months of turmoil in the recent past, Delhi and Dhaka are taking the first step forward with full-scale resumption of visa services. While Bangladesh has resumed visas for Indian citizens across all categories, India is aiming at gradual resumption of visa operations over the next few weeks, The Indian Express has learnt. When Bangladesh Foreign ...

The swearing-in ceremony of the Members of Parliament (MP) from the reserved women’s seat will be held at 9:00pm on Sunday. According to official sources, the ceremony will mark the formal assumption of office by the newly nominated lawmaker. Further details regarding the venue and presiding authority are expected to be announced in due course.

The Election Commission (EC) has declared the nomination of Nusrat Tabassum from the National Citizen Party (NCP) valid for a reserved women’s seat. The information was confirmed on Saturday (2 May) by the party’s Joint Member Secretary and Office Cell Secretary, Saleh Uddin Sifat. He said the Chief Returning Officer has validated Nusrat Tabassum’s nomination for the reserved seat. An ...

Electricity generation has resumed at Unit 1 of the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant following a six-day shutdown. The unit is currently supplying around 55–60 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, offering some relief from load-shedding in the northern region. Chief Engineer Abu Bakkar Siddique said the unit resumed production at 10:00pm on Friday after necessary repairs. The plant, which ...

Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Minister AZM Zahid Hossain on Friday said the teachings of Gautama Buddha remain highly relevant and timely in today’s world. “The core philosophy of Buddha’s life is to coexist through non-violence, equality, friendship, compassion and empathy. By following this philosophy, it is possible to eliminate war, conflict and unrest from the world,” he ...

The Leader of the Opposition and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr Shafiqur Rahman, has said his party will continue its struggle for workers’ rights both inside and outside parliament. He made the remarks while addressing a workers’ rally as chief guest at the south gate of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Thursday (1 May) in the capital, marking International ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that factories which were shut down in recent years will be gradually reopened to restore employment and boost the economy. “We have already taken initiatives to restart industrial units that were closed over the past years,” he said while addressing a May Day workers’ rally in front of the BNP central office in Nayapaltan ...

The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has changed a lot since the Liberation War of 1971 and can no longer be equated with the old Islamic party, said the party’s Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar on Friday. Since the war, many debates have been raised over Jamaat’s position in the middle of the 1971 political storm, but the party leadership has revised the ...