Bangladesh

The Bangladeshi-flagged vessel, MV Abdullah, which was freed by Somali pirates on April 14, is expected to enter Bangladeshi territory with 23 sailors and crewmembers by May 14. They were held captive by pirates for around 33 days. Meherul Karim, chief executive officer (CEO) of the ship’s owning firm SR Shipping Limited, said that the ship, en route from UAE ...

Though most of the hajj pilgrims have yet to get visas, the extended application deadline for the second phase ends on Saturday (May 11). But still, 37 per cent of hajj pilgrims do not have visa. According to the IT Help Desk’s daily bulletin, visas have been issued to a total of 53,899 hajj pilgrims so far, out of 85,257 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday hailed the engineers as the driving force for transforming the country into a smart Bangladesh. “For building smart Bangladesh the main driving force is the engineers of the country,” she said. The prime minister was speaking at the 61st convention of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) at its premises in the city. She referred ...

Water-logging in several parts of the capital has caused suffering to commuters due to heavy rainfall since Saturday morning. The Meteorological Department recorded 87 millimetres of rain in Dhaka this morning which continued for more than one hour and inundated parts of the city. As the day progressed, the sun peeped on the Dhaka sky. The commuters were seen were going to ...

Veteran politician and advisor to the Communist Party of Bangladesh Haider Akbar Khan Rono passed away early Saturday at a private hospital in the capital. He was 81. He breathed his last at about 2:05am at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Health and Hope Hospital, Panthapath, CPB central committee member Jolly Talukder confirmed this. She said comrade Rono had been receiving treatment ...

US President Joe Biden has nominated David Slayton Meale, currently Deputy Chief of Mission in Beijing, as the next US Ambassador to Bangladesh. The nomination has been sent to the Senate, according to the White House. David Meale of Virginia is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. The current US ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter Haas, ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said if their party leaders and workers don’t stay in field, BNP will carry out terrorist activities in the name of holding rally. “BNP’s rally means arson attack, disorder and bloodshed. So, if BNP is allowed to carry out their activities in the entire capital, it will ...

Considering Bangladesh’s overall stability and economic prosperity, big partners are showing greater interest to engage with the stable new government, Bangladesh says. “All have been attracted by our stability, economic prosperity and other socioeconomic development. They are showing greater interest,” Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said ahead of US official Donald Lu’s visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The foreign secretary ...

Squadron Leader Asim Jawad was laid to rest in the Seota graveyard of the Manikganj district town on Friday afternoon. Earlier, the Air Force-219 helicopter carrying Asim Jawad’s body landed at the Shaheed Miraj-Tapan Stadium in Manikganj around 12 pm on Friday. Air Force Wing Commander Annu said that after the body of Squadron Leader Asim reached Manikganj, he was ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid tributes and offered prayers at the Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj. She paid homage by placing a floral wreath at Bangabandhu’s grave in the morning. Then she joined a prayer seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of the ...