Bangladesh

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 ...

ACC public prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam moved the application on behalf of the anti-graft body. Allegations of amassing illegal wealth surfaced after a video went viral showing Matiur’s son Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat buying a goat for Tk 15 lakh during Eid-ul-Azha. Matiur has since faced severe criticism over claims of acquiring illegal wealth amounting to thousands of crores in ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday inaugurated the stipend and tuition fee distribution among insolvent and meritorious students from secondary to graduate (pass) and its equivalent level. She opened the disbursement among the insolvent and meritorious students under the Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust (PMEAT) at a programme held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital, reports BSS. The prime ...

State Minister for Post, Telecommunication and ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has urged the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Member States to build a platform for promoting seamless connectivity, cross-border data flow and development-oriented innovation for meaningful digital transformation in the region. He made the call while speaking as the chief guest at the closing ...

Egypt has expressed its interest in importing rawhides from Bangladesh. Egyptian Ambassador to Bangladesh Omar Mohie Eldin Ahmed Fahmy expressed this keenness during the meeting with State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu at the Secretariat on Sunday. Besides, they want to work together using the past experience of Bangladesh’s jute industry to develop the jute industry in Egypt, reports ...

Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies on Sunday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman coinciding with the ruling party’s 75th founding anniversary. The leaders and workers of the biggest political party of the country paid homage to the greatest Bangalee of all times by placing wreaths at the portrait of the Father of ...

General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Sunday took charge as the Chief of Bangladesh Army. The Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) Directorate confirmed the matter in a press release today. The ISPR said Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman took charges as the Chief of Army. Earlier on June 11, the ISPR in a statement said Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman has been promoted to the rank of general and appointed ...

National Board of Revenue (NBR) member and director of state owned Sonali Bank PLC Matiur Rahman has been removed from his post. Finance ministry issued a circular in this regard on Sunday (June 23). It said the decision will be effective immediately. He has been removed from NBR and attached to Internal Resources Department (IRD) of Finance Ministry. Matiur Rahman, ...