Bangladesh

Bangladesh joined Global Coalition for Social Justice, which was established under the initiative of International Labour Organization (ILO), as the 73rd country on Thursday. The government decision of joining at the first forum of the Coalition in Geneva was reached the Coalition Secretariat from Bangladesh Permanent Mission on Thursday, said a press release received in Dhaka on Friday. The Coalition ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College in Gazipur on Friday morning and undergoes routine health check-up there paying bills for diagnostic tests herself at the counter. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College in Gazipur on Friday morning and undergoes routine health check-up ...

Three Bangladeshi workers were killed in a road accident on their way to work in Apip city located in Al Najad region of Saudi Arabia. The incident occurred at around 12 pm (Bangladesh time) on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sabuj Chowkidar, 38, hailed from Paschim Bishkatali village under Char Dukhiya Paschim union of Faridganj upazila in Chandpur district, ...

Arrested Jhenidah district Awami League’s relief and social welfare secretary Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu alias Gas Babu has made confessional statement to court shouldering his responsibility in an abduction case for killing of Jhenidah-4 constituency’s MP Anwarul Azim Anar. Police produced Babu at a court on Friday (June 14) where he later agreed to submit confessional statement under Section 164 ...

Bangladesh has signed separate Air Service Agreement (ASA) with Switzerland and European Union to establish direct air connectivity with more countries in Europe. Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal Mafidur Rahman and Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) Director General Christian Hegner signed the ASA on behalf of their respective sides in Bern, Switzerland on ...

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said there was no traffic congestion on the country’s roads and highways despite the pressure of vehicles during of the Eid journey. He made the remark while speaking at a press conference at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi political office in the capital on Friday afternoon. Quader, also the general secretary ...

The United Arab Emirates will issue visa for Bangladeshi workers only after confirmation of their jobs in the Gulf nation, the country’s envoy said on Thursday during a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB. UAE ambassador Abdulla Ali Abdulla Khaseif Alhmoudi called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban, PM’s Press Secretary M Nayeemul Islam ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader returned home on Thursday (June 13) afternoon from Singapore after completing routine health check-up. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG 0585) carrying him landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka at 6:00pm. On June 11, Quader left Dhaka for Singapore for necessary medical examinations at the ...

Educational institutions are currently open on Saturdays. This decision is taken to meet the learning deficit. Schools were supposed to be closed again on Saturday after Eid-ul-Fitr. But no decision has been taken yet. Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Thursday said that a decision on closure of all educational institutions on Saturdays, will be taken after Eid-ul-Azha. “After Eid-ul-Azha, ...

A court in Dhaka has placed Jhenidah district Awami League general secretary Saidul Karim Mintu on a 8-day remand for questioning in Anwarul Azim Anar MP murder case. Earlier on Thursday, police sought 10-day remand for question to arrested Mintu in the case after producing him before a Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court. After hearing, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ...