Bangladesh

As many as 92 people became martyrs at Uttara in the capital during the July Revolution against Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. It was disclosed by leaders of the July Revolutionary Alliance while addressing a press conference at Uttara Friends Club ground early Saturday (December 7) afternoon. According to the organization, of the martyrs at Uttara, 25 were students, 19 ...

Urging the interim government to quickly present an election roadmap, BNP senior leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has said that people must be oriented towards elections through a clear electoral roadmap. “The interim government’s commitment was to establish an anti-discriminatory state, but it is not wise to stay in power indefinitely in the name of reforms.” He made this comment ...

A group of retired Armed Forces officers, under the banner of the ‘National Unity and Solidarity Council,’ on Saturday urged all to get united against, what they described, Indian aggression. Speaking at a demonstration at RAWA (Retired Armed Forces Officers’ Welfare Association)Complex premises in the capital on Saturday (December 7), the retired Armed Forces officers called for greater national unity ...

Planning and Finance Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud has said Bangladesh is going to set a political government next year. “Income inequality remains one of the country’s most pressing concerns. To tackle this disparity, quality education is paramount, an area where Bangladesh still has a long way to go.” Speaking at the opening session of the Annual Baltic Conference on Defence ...

BNP Standing Committee member Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has said that the Indian government’s major mistake is that they have made the people of Bangladesh as their enemies while trying to make Awami League as their friends. “They (Indian government) doesn’t want friendship with people of Bangladesh, rather they have Awami League as their friend,” he said while speaking ...

A case has been filed against five people including managing director Kaushik Hossain Taposh and his wife chairperson Farzana Munni over allegedly grabbing private ‘Gaan Bangla’ television ownership. One Syed Shams Uddin Ahmed filed a complaint to the Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanaullah’s court on November 25. Accepting the complaint, the court directed the chief of Gulshan Police Station’s ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has insisted on moving toward election as early as possible to resolve the crises prevailing in the country. He also called upon the interim government to reform the election related matters on priority basis. Mosharraf made the call while speaking at a discussion as the chief guest at the National Press Club in ...

The government of Thailand has decided to launch e-visa service for Bangladesh passport holders traveling to Thailand on January 2. Ambassador Makawadee Sumitmor announced it at a Thailand National Day reception held at the embassy on Thursday night. Besides, government officials will enjoy visa waiver benefits from December 19. Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed was also present, among others. The e-visa ...

Another 105 Bangladesh nationals have returned home from war-ravaged Lebanon on Thursday night, bringing the total number of returnees to 963. An Emirates Airlines flight carrying 105 Bangladeshi landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday night, said a media release sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The release said all of them returned at the government’s expense. All ...

The advisory council of the interim government has approved a proposal to publish a gazette officially recognising rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam as the ‘National Poet’ of Bangladesh. The approval came from a meeting at the chief advisor’s office in Dhaka city’s Tejgaon on Thursday (December 5).