Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Washington DC for London on Thursday to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla as the king and the queen of the United Kingdom (UK) and the other Commonwealth realms. A United Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and her entourage members will depart from the Dulles International Airport in Washington ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the countrymen to stay alert as the anti-liberation elements, killers and arson terrorists never return to power. “Make sure that the killers, anti-liberation elements and war criminals never return to power again,” she told a civic reception accorded to her by expatriate Bangladeshis in the USA at The Ritz-Carlton hotel’s Hall Room in Washington ...

There is no bar to execute the two death row convicts in the Rajshahi University Professor S Taher Ahmed murder case as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court published the full text of verdict rejecting the review petitions. The eight-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief justice Hasan Foez Siddique, published the 21-page verdict on Wednesday. The ...

Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dr Mohammad Javed Patwaryhas held a meeting with Mazen bin Hamad Al Hamali, the head of the Makkah branch of the Saudi Foreign Ministry, over the evacuation process of Bangladeshis wanting to leave Sudan. Ambassador Patwary gave a preliminary assurance to the Saudi authorities that every effort would be made to send the Bangladeshis returning ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh wants the United States as a long-term productive partner for increasing global competitiveness, and expand the export base to become a “developing” country in 2026. “We shall need support to increase our global competitiveness and expand the export base. I am optimistic that the United States would become our long-term productive partner ...

The World Press Freedom Day will be observed in Bangladesh and elsewhere today to inform the international community that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental human rights. The day reminds people that many journalists brave death or face jail to bring daily news to the public. The United Nations declared May 3 as World Press Freedom ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin urged India to take “more effective” steps to ensure a safe and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their Rakhine state homeland in Myanmar. He came up with the call as Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Kumar Verma paid a courtesy call on him at the Bangabhaban on Tuesday noon. Considering the humanitarian ground, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government is using the draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) to lengthen its power. He said the draconian law is the major impediment to the freedom of expression in Bangladesh, which has jeopardised the democracy in the country. Taking advantage of the law, the government has snatched away the freedom ...

The number of unemployed people has increased by 2.70 lakh to 25.90 lakh in the first quarter of the current year (2023), said a survey on the labour force conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The BBS disclosed the survey report at a press conference at the conference hall of the National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday, reports ...

The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide a loan of 2.25 billion US dollars to Bangladesh for its five development schemes on regional trade and connectivity, disaster preparedness and environmental management, reports BSS. A loan agreement was signed between Bangladesh and the global lender at the WB headquarters on Monday (local time). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and WB President ...