Bangladesh

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 ...

A total of 230 people were killed and 301 injured in 235 road accidents across the country during the Eid-ul-Azha journey this year. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Chairman Nur Mohammad Mazumder presented the information in a report during a press briefing at the BRTA office at Banani in the capital on Tuesday (June 25). The report covers road crashes ...

Visiting Minister of the International Relations of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s central committee Liu Jianchao today said China is keen to continue all possible cooperation for the development of Bangladesh in the coming days. “China always attaches great importance to bolster the development ties with Bangladesh . . . It will always be beside Bangladesh’s development,” he said ...

Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Golam Saqlain Shithil is going to lose his job over an illegal relationship with actress Pori Moni while working on a case filed by the actor. At that time, he held the post of ADC of Detective Branch of police’s Gulshan division. When Saqlain and Pori Moni’s relationship came to light, Saqlain has been transferred to ...

More than Tk 1,648 crore in tolls have been earned from the Padma Bridge in two years, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. He stated it while speaking at the 114th board meeting of Bangladesh Bridge Authority at Banani in the capital on Tuesday (June 25). Quader said the toll was collected from 1.27 crore vehicles crossing ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her recent visit to India was very successful, though it was brief. “The visit was short but very fruitful. I think this visit will play a very pivotal role in strengthening the existing excellent relations between India and Bangladesh,” she said. The prime minister said this while addressing a press conference at her ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday inaugurated the ‘Mujib and Independence’ built on the first level of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. After the inauguration the prime minister visited ‘Mujib and Independence’, a display of photos and videos on the life of Bangabandhu, his leading the nation to independence in 1971 among others. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury accompanied her, according to a ...

A total of 56 government owned organisations owed around Tk 51,391 crore to different public and private banks as of March 31, this year. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said this in parliament on Monday replying to a query of ruling Awami League MP elected from Noakhali-2. Morshed Alam. Of the total 56 government organisations, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   Brussels, 23 June 2024: Speakers at an international conference on the ‘Rise of fundamentalism: Implications, challenges and threats’ held at the European Press Club in Brussels on 23 June said, fundamentalists are that section of the population that aggressively attempts to make religious dictums mandatory by virtue of religious majority population. Sane people everywhere must ...