Bangladesh

Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has urged Kuwait to recruit more workers from Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral labor cooperation. He made this call during a meeting with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bangladesh H. E. Ali Th A Q Hamadah at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday afternoon. Highlighting the strong historical ties between the two nations, the ...

A Dhaka court on Monday, granted two-day remand to seven people, including former Justice Abul Hossain Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, former Prime Minister’s Advisor Salman F Rahman, former Law Minister Anisul Haque, in murder case of auto-rickshaw driver Hafizul Sikder in Badda during the anti-discrimination movement on Monday (February 3). The other accused on remand are former Social Welfare Minister Dr. ...

Bangladesh Development Party (BDP) has been officially registered as a political party. The party, led by Chairman Anwarul Islam Chan, received its registration certificate from EC Secretary Akhter Ahmed at the EC headquarters on Monday morning. BDP’s registration number is 54, and its election symbol is ‘Cauliflower.’ BDP Chairman Anwarul Islam Chan said to media that his party is committed ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday placed six persons, including Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former Law Minister Anisul Haq and Dipu Moni, on a two-day remand each in a murder case filed with Badda Police Station. The other remanded accused are former Justice Abul Hossain Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, former State ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 4,068.23 crore project for expansion and modernization of Mongla Port facilities. The approval came from the 7th meeting of the ECNEC in this fiscal year (FY25) and the 6th of the interim government held at the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagra area. ECNEC Chairperson ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan today said life would be brought back to the city canals through coordinated efforts of all. “Life would be brought back to the canals in the city through coordinated efforts of all …and that’s why canals should be excavated, restored and freed from pollution”, he ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said an elected government is a must to implement the proposals of the state reform. “An elected government is required first to execute the proposals of state reform. So, it is necessary to hold the general election on priority basis. The parties which will get the mandate of the people will ...

Japan today reaffirmed its support for the Bangladesh’s interim government and sought to increase bilateral engagement for a boost in businesses and development cooperation. Ikuina Akiko, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, conveyed the message to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus as she called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna here. “Japan values its relationship with ...

Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin has assured that there will be no price hike of essential commodities during the upcoming Ramadan, as the country has sufficient imports and stock. Speaking as the chief guest at a policy conclave on “Rational Pricing of Food Products: Market Monitoring Strategies” in Dhaka on Sunday (Feb 2), he said there is no shortage of ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury are set to leave Dhaka for the United States on Sunday evening to attend the National Prayer Breakfast. A three-member BNP delegation, including party acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s daughter Barrister Zaima Rahman, are scheduled to attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast. Zaima will represent her father Tarique Rahman ...