Bangladesh

The High Court (HC) has directed not to collect toll from Fire Service vehicles while plying on expressways, highways, important bridges, ferries and roads. A two-member HC bench of ustice Mostofa Zaman Islam and Justice Masud Hossain Dolan passed the order on Monday during a preliminary hearing of a writ petition filed earlier in this regard. The court also issued ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday separately received credentials of envoys from three countries to Bangladesh at Bangabhaban. The three non-resident ambassador-designate are : Diana Mickeviciene of the Republic of Lithuania in the Baltic region of Europe, Aliki Koutsomitopoulou of south-eastern European state Greece and Leonard Mengezi of south-eastern African country Malawi, reports BSS. Welcoming the envoys, the president said Bangladesh’s ...

The 8th anniversary of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack, the deadliest night of terror in the country’s history that left 22 people killed, is being commemorated on Monday. Diplomats including Ambassador of Italy Antonio Alessandro are scheduled to pay tribute to the victims of the attack of July 1, 2016 at Holey Artisan Bakery through deposition of the wreath of ...

Stating that the 10 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to New Delhi are just a ‘new version of slavery’, BNP on Sunday demanded the government to make public immediately all the agreements signed with the neighbouring country. The party also expressed concern that granting India a rail corridor, allowing it to ...

Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Sunday said that his ministry is monitoring the strikes of teachers of public universities across the country regarding the universal pension scheme. “Considering the situation, necessary measures will be taken from the ministry in due course,” he said, reports UNB. He made the remarks while replying to a question from journalists at a briefing ...

Transfer of the accused of corruption from one office to another office cannot be an effective punishment, said former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen. He opined that all the properties of the individuals accused of corruption should be auctioned after confiscation. The former top diplomat of the government writes in a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday (June ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday (June 30) sent a letter to the sub-registry offices of different districts including Dhaka seeking information about land properties owned by National Board of Revenue (NBR) official Matiur Rahman and his wife Laila Kaniz. Earlier, a court in Dhaka imposed restrictions on leaving the country by Matiur Rahman, his wife Laila Kaniz and son ...

The parliament on Sunday passed the Tk 7,97,000 crore national budget for FY 2024-25 setting the goal of economic growth at 6.75 percent and keeping annual inflation at around 6 per cent. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali moved the Appropriations Bill 2024, seeking a budgetary allocation of Tk 12,41,752 crore which was passed by voice votes, reports UNB. Earlier ...

Upon completion, the rail-road bridge over the Karnaphuli River will serve as the sole dual-purpose bridge between Chattogram Port and industrial zone. This is expected to significantly reduce logistics costs, revitalize trade, and consequently contribute substantially to Bangladesh’s economic growth, said the South Korean Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday, reports UNB. With a total project cost of $1.24bn, the project ...

The authorities are planning to hold the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations in their traditional timeframe in April starting next year. Regular schedules have been disrupted since 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent shutdowns. However, the education boards are now trying to restore the exams to their traditional dates. Tapan Kumar Sarkar, chairman of the Dhaka ...