Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New Delhi on Saturday morning to attend the oath-taking ceremony of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage departed the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10:15 am. The flight is scheduled to land at New Delhi’s Palam Air Force ...

The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the Bangladesh on June 17 as Zilhaj month moon was sighted. The National Moon Sighting Committee announced the date at the meeting hall of the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram around 7.30 pm. A meeting regarding moon sighting was presided over by the Minister of ...

Police will monitor the cattle markets in the capital ahead of holy Eid-ul-Azha using drones. At the same time, the cattle markets will be brought under special security blanket, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on while addressing a press conference at the DMP Media Centre in the capital on Friday morning. He said closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras ...

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Friday has requested the countrymen to wait for six months to bring inflation under control. He said inflation will begin to decline by the end of this year in line with the measures taken in the budget. The finance minister was speaking at a post-budget press conference held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium ...

Describing the six-point movement a turning point, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Friday that those who don’t acknowledge it don’t believe in the independence of Bangladesh. He came up with the remark while talking to reporters after paying homage to the portrait of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at Dhanmondi 32 in the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital on the occasion of the historic Six-Point Day. After laying the wreath at 7 in the morning, the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that looting has been planned anew in the proposed budget of 2024-25 which was placed in Jatiya Sangsad in the capital on Thursday (June 6). He made the allegation in an instant reaction to the proposed national budget at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan political office on Thursday. The BNP leader said, ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the proposed national budget for fiscal year (2024-2025) is ‘realistic and pro-people.’ “At the time of current global crisis, a pro-people budget has been proposed. This budget has been prepared taking into consideration the promises and priority sectors mentioned in the party’s election manifesto. Special focus will also be given on controlling ...

Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali on Thursday placed a Tk 7,97,000 crore national budget for the next fiscal year of 2024-25 in Jatiya Sangsad. Mahmood Ali placed the budget in the JS in presence of Leader of the House and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Finance Minister said he was announcing the budget amid growing challenges of containing inflation, ...

The UK is providing £500,000 or Tk 7.5 crores of humanitarian assistance to communities affected by Cyclone Remal in southwestern Bangladesh. Cyclone Remal has affected 4.6 million people and displaced 800,000 people. British Chargé d’affaires to Bangladesh, Matt Cannell, said, “The UK stands with all those affected by Cyclone Remal, which has displaced 800,000 people in southwestern Bangladesh.” “I am ...