Bangladesh

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said 34.33 per cent votes were cast in the 4th phase Upazila Parishad polls. The CEC said this at a press briefing held at the Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon. He said 28 people were arrested, nine were sentenced to different terms of jail and 21 were fined for various ...

The third session of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad began at 5pm on Wednesday (June 5). It is the first budget session of the present stint of the Awami League government came to power through the general election on January 7 this year. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali will place the national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) in the ...

  Ambassador Noor-E Helal Saifur Rahman has been appointed as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan. He will be replacing Ambassador Nahida Sobhan in this capacity, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Ambassador Rahman is a career diplomat belonging to the 15th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)-Foreign Affairs cadre. Joining the service in 1995, he is ...

Naureen Ahsan has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Brunei Darussalam. She will be replacing Ambassador Nahida Rahman Shumona in this capacity, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Naureen Ahsan, a career diplomat of 15th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre, joined Foreign Service in 1995. Currently she is serving at the ministry as ...

The Malaysian government won’t reconsider the May 31 deadline for Bangladeshi workers’ entry into the Southeast Asian country, High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim said on Wednesday (June 5). “There is no good news for Bangladeshis regarding the issue of entering the Malaysian labour market…We [Malaysia] stand by the deadline because we have 15 source countries and we want ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the ‘National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair 2024’ and the ‘Environment Fair 2024’. She opened the tree plantation campaign and the fairs at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) this morning. The Environment Fair, which is continuing at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar from June 5 to 11, while The National Tree Plantation ...

The fourth phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections is underway in 60 upazilas across the country. The voting began at 8am on Wednesday and will continue till 4pm. A total of 721 candidates are in the electoral race against 180 posts at 60 upazila councils. As many as 721 candidates are contesting the fourth phase of the election. At ...

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and former Army Chief Aziz Ahmed don’t belong to Awami League (AL), AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said. “We want to make it clear that Benazir Ahmed is not our party man and he became IGP with seniority. Aziz Ahmed is also not a member of our party. He became the ...

The ‘National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair-2024’ and ‘Environment Fair’ will begin in the capital on Wednesday, marking the World Environment Day. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the ‘National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair’ and the ‘Environment Fair’ at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka at 10am on Wednesday. The World Environment Day ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the tea growers and traders to opt for more diversified and aromatic tea considering the growing global demand for such types of drink. “I think we need to pay attention to make diversified and aromatic tea as the demand for it is much higher now in foreign countries,” she said, reports UNB. The ...