Bangladesh

In a tradition supposedly upheld since 1928, Muslims across 40 villages in Chandpur district initiated their Ramadan fasting on Monday, aligning with the commencement of the holy month in Saudi Arabia. The local mosques witnessed Taraweeh prayers on Sunday evening, and villagers had sehri before dawn, marking the beginning of the fasting period. This practice, rooted in the rituals of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government will transform the Bangladesh Coast Guard into a three-dimensional force by inducting new technology and modern equipment. “We have already given in-principle approval for the formation of an Aviation Wing with the purchase of 2 helicopters which will make the Coast Guard a three-dimensional force,” she said, reports UNB. The prime ...

BNP’s demand for a mid-term election has been rejected outright by Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader. “Why do they (BNP) demand the mid-term election? They demand whatever they like,” he said while addressing a press conference held at AL President Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office in the capital on Sunday (March 10). Criticising BNP, he said the party has ...

Nobel Laureate economist Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has filed an appeal to the Labour Appeal Tribunal seeking permission to go abroad. The appeal was filed at the Labour Appeal Tribunal on behalf of him on Sunday (March 10). The appeal states that Dr Muhammad Yunus wants to attend several international conferences abroad. The appeal was filed as the tribunal has ...

A meeting of the Awami League (AL) secretariat will be held at the party’s central office of Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on Monday morning. A press release signed by AL office secretary Barrister Biplab Barua said AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will preside over the meeting scheduled to begin at 11am. Quader has ...

The High Court (HC) on Monday said primary and secondary schools across the country will remain shut throughout the month of Ramadan. A HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu stayed for two months a government decision to keep schools open for certain period during Ramadan. Advocate Mahmuda Khanam stood for the writ petitioner while ...

Tahsin Bahar Suchona, daughter of Cumilla-6 lawmaker AKM Bahauddin Bahar, has unofficially won in the Cumilla City Corporation by-polls. Returning officer Farhad Hossain announced the result from the Cumilla District School Auditorium on Saturday evening. He said the voting took place in 105 centres across 27 wards through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). He said Tahsin Bahar, who contested for the ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said that there are no political prisoners in country’s jail and those who are imprisoned are BNP activists. “BNP claims that thousands of political prisoners are in jail, I would say that there is no political prisoner here in the country. Those who are jailed are BNP activists,” he said. He said this while replying to ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) founder chairman late Hussein Muhammad Ershad’s wife Raushan Ershad has been elected as the chairman of a faction of the party for the next three years. Her name was announced at the 10th National Council of a faction of the party held in Dhaka on Saturday (March 9). Kazi Firoze Rashid and Kazi Mamunur Rashid have been ...

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has emphasised on transforming the relationship with Bangladesh into a partnership. At the bilateral meeting with visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday evening (local time) in his royal palace in the city of Al Ain in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Abdullah emphasised the importance of signing the Comprehensive ...