Bangladesh

Some 264 members of Myanmar border and security forces have taken shelter to Bangladesh so far due to the ongoing fighting between the Myanmar army and the insurgent group inside their country. The newly appointed BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Tuesday said 114 came in the morning and by the afternoon 35 members fled to Bangladesh. ...

The government is going to set up state-of-the-art Research and Innovation Centers (RICs) in ten universities to empower the brightest minds to solve critical national problems through research and innovations with a distinct focus on market-oriented products. This university-based RICs will serve as a dynamic hub fostering collaborative research and innovation that would connect academia, industry and government to effectively ...

Voting in the reserved seats for women of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad will be held on March 14 next, said the Election Commission (EC) secretary Jahangir Alam. He stated it following the 27th meeting of the commission held at Nirbachan Bhaban at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday (February 6). The EC secretary said the candidates would submit their ...

The ruling Awami League (AL) has stared the sale of forms for reserved seats for women in the parliament. It will be continued till Thursday (February 8). According to a media release, the aspirants will be able to collect and submit the forms between 10 am and 4 pm every day during this period. Forms for all divisions will have ...

One hundred and fourteen more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) and army personnel took shelter in Bangladesh on Tuesday morning amid ongoing conflict in their country. With the new members, the number of Myanmar force, who have taken refuge in Bangladesh, rose to 229. Shariful Islam, public relations officer of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), said they have been ...

At least four people were killed when a BRTC bus ran over an auto van in Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar upazila on Tuesday morning. The accident happened around 7:30 am in Ranirbandar area under the upazila. The deceased were van driver Nazrul Islam Naju, 45, a resident o Plan Bazar area under Khansama Upazila in Dinajpur, Abdul Majid, 50, of Plan Bazar ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed Secretaries to take stern action against extortionists to keep the price of essential commodities under control in the upcoming Holy Ramadan. The premier made the instruction after the meeting with Secretaries at the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday as well as sought cooperation from them in implementing the election manifesto of the Awami League ...

Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Monday joined as Director General (DG) of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). He took the charge from outgoing BGB chief Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan in the afternoon, said a press release here. Siddiqui served as director of Military Training and chairman of Army Sports Control Board prior to his new assignment. The government ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said Bangladesh will not put steps into any trap, no matter how much provocation comes from Myanmar. “No matter how much provocation comes from Myanmar, Bangladesh will not put steps into any trap. We do not want any war. Bangladesh wants to bring solutions through discussion,”  he said at a press conference held ...

Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury has decided that considering the mental state of the students he will not visit the examination centres during the Secondary School Certificate examinations, which is scheduled to begin on February 15. A statement published on Monday stated that the minister said when authorities visited the examinations centres a stressful situation is created for the students ...