Bangladesh

As many as 1,549 women have purchased Awami League nomination forms against 48 reserved seats for women in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad. More than 32 candidates are vying for each seat. The party has earned Tk 7,74,50,000 by selling the nomination forms. Awami League has received 48, out of 50 reserved seats of women this time. Awami League general secretary ...

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed tonight (Thursday) with religious fervour. Every year, on the night of Rajab 26, Muslims observe Shab-e-Meraj when Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) embarked on a special journey to meet the Almighty. In the journey, the Prophet travelled on the “Buraq” to Heaven where Allah gave him some instructions to take back to ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Evercare Hospital on Thursday afternoon for a routine health check-up as per her medical board’s decision. She will be taken to the hospital at 4pm from her Gulshan residence, the party media cell member Shamsuddin Dider confirmed this. He said, “Madam’s personal physician and party vice-chairman Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said that Madam will ...

Awami League female aspirants are busy to collect the nomination forms for the reserved seats for women as today (Thursday) is the last of sale. They are collecting the forms at 10am from the party’s Bangabandhu Avenue office. It will go on till 4pm. On Wednesday, a total of 522 forms were sold. Awami League’s office secretary Biplab Barua said ...

Padma Bridge has fetched a total of Tk 1,270.81 crore as tolls inr the last 19 months. So, the bridge has fetched an earning of Tk 2.18 crore daily on an average. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated it while replying to a question of Nurunnabi Chowdhury MP in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad session on Wednesday (February 7). Speaker Dr Shirin ...

Awami League has sold 522 party forms on the second day of selling forms for reserved seats of women in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad. It has earned Tk 2.61 crore by selling forms. Awami League office secretary Biplab Barua stated it at a press conference held at the Awami League central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on Wednesday. ...

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan left Dhaka today (February 7) to participate in the 7th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) to be held from February 9-10 in Perth, Australia. The minister is leading the Bangladesh delegation for the conference, according to a press release. The 7th edition of IOC is bringing together key stakeholders to deliberate on the ...

Association of Television Channel Owners’ (ATCO) have congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive time through the 12th National Parliament election. The premier was felicitated at Ganobhaban by ATCO members led by the association’s President Anjan Chowdhury on Wednesday (February 7). Later, the prime minister interacted with the ATCO members.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday put emphasis on holding inter school, college and university level sports tournaments regularly. “We need to build environment for holding inter school, college and university level sports tournaments. We even need to arrange inter upazila and district sports tournaments,” she said. The prime minister said this while inaugurating the final round of 52nd National ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General (DG) Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui has said that Myanmar is ready to take back 264 members of Myanmar border and security forces, who took shelter in Bangladesh. “BGB is always active to face any situation arising at the border, ” said the DG after visiting Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari border area on Wednesday.