Bangladesh

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will hire 1,300 drivers and motorcyclists from Bangladesh this year. Of them, 1,000 will be motorcyclists while the remaining 300 are to be taxi drivers. From next year, the UAE will take 2,000 taxi drivers and motorcyclists from Bangladesh every year. State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury revealed this after ...

Photos of former National Board of Revenue (NBR) official Matiur Rahman, recently at the center of corruption allegations, with Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder have gone viral on social media, sparking widespread discussion. One viral photo shows the two men in Ihram during the Hajj pilgrimage, while another captures Matiur greeting Rouf with a bouquet of flowers at ...

A court in Dhaka has placed two suspects arrested in connection with a case filed over abduction and murder of Jhenidah-4 constituency’s MP Anwarul Azim Anar. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ataullah placed them on remand after the Detective Branch’s Assistant Commissioner Mahfuzur Rahman, also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court on Thursday. Both Faisal and ...

Sweden has reiterated its assurance of extending political support along with humanitarian assistance to resolve the prolonged Rohingya crisis. The assurance was made when outgoing Ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh Alexandra Berg von Linde paid her farewell call on Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at the latter’s office on Wednesday, a foreign ministry’s press release said in Dhaka, reports BSS. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she will die if she is isolated from the public, asking the Special Security Force (SSF) not to detach her from the people. “If you make me isolated from the people, it doesn’t need to shoot me to death. I will die anyway because they (people) are my life-blood,” she said. Sheikh Hasina ...

Two fugitive accused of Jhenidah-4 constituency’s MP Anwarul Azim Anar have been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) of police. Faisal and Mostafiz were arrested by the DB after conducting raids at hills in Khagrachhari on Wednesday. DB sources said that Faisal Ali Saji and Mostafizur Rahman Fakir returned to the country on May 19 last after killing ...

An investigation into the wealth of police officials is underway, with authentic information expected to emerge, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Wednesday (June 26), reports UNB. He stated it while addressing reporters at the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Lines in the afternoon. The IGP mentioned that a meeting was held between the Bangladesh Police ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a three-day protest programme demanding release of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia. The party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme while addressing a press conference at Nayapaltan party office on Wednesday. He said, “For unconditional release of Begum Khaleda Zia, we will hold a protest rally at Nayapaltan on June 29 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought Sweden’s support for Bangladesh’s smooth transition and graduation from the least developed countries (LDCs). “We want support and cooperation from Sweden for a smooth graduation and transition (from LDCs),” she said. The Premier sought this support when Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexandra Berg Von Linde paid a farewell call on the Prime Minister at ...

Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud today sought Japanese assistance for building a Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) in Bangladesh soon to transform Bangladeshi shipyards into world class green certified to continue hassle free ship breaking. The foreign minister made the urge when the Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Ono Keiichi met him at the ministry here ...