Bangladesh

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday said Germany will provide 1 billion Euro to Bangladesh in the next 10 years, including 15 million Euro this year, to develop its renewable energy sector. Both countries will promote knowledge exchange and cooperation with non-state actors like private sector, research institutes, academia, and civil society, she said. The ...

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have started gathering at Nayapaltan in the capital for joining a rally there in observance of ‘International Democracy Day’. The rally formally starts at 2:30PM on Tuesday. Additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the area.      

Former Railways minister Nurul Islam Sujan has been arrested. He was arrested by police on Monday (Sept 16) night from Room No. 833 of Bangladesh Specialised Hospital at Shyamoli in the capital. Jatrabari Police Station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Md Faruque Ahmed confirmed it at night. He said there are cases pending against Nurul Islam Sujan with Jatrabari Police Station. Legal action ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a vested quarter has already stared working to keep Professor Muhammad Yunus led interim government in power indefinitely. Demanding the announcement of holding election as soon as possible, he power must have to be handed over to the elected government after holding an election. Then the elected government will decide ...

Muslim devotees in Bangladesh are celebrating Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day that marks the birth and passing of Prophet Muhammad (SM). The Islamic Foundation has organised a 15-day programme, including milad events and special prayer sessions, in various mosques across the country. Prophet Muhammad (SM) was born on the 12th of Hijri Rabi’ al-Awwal. The anniversary of his martyrdom falls on the ...

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested former Rajshahi-4 MP Md Enamul Haque from Dhaka’s Adabor. In a statement on Monday, the elite force said that he had been arrested in connection with a case over an alleged attack on an Anti-discrimination Student Movement protest in Rajshahi’s Bagmara on Aug 5. Enamul was elected to parliament from the Rajshahi-4 seat as ...

A Dhaka court on Monday sent to jail former culture minister Asaduzzaman Noor and ex-state minister for civil aviation Mahbub Ali to keep them in check until a murder investigation is completed. The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested the two senior Awami League leaders in the capital on Sunday in a case filed over the killing of Siam Sardar, ...

Journalists Mozammel Haque Babu and Shyamal Dutta have been detained while fleeing to India through Dobaura border area under Mymensingh district illegally. They are currently at Dobaura Police Station, OC Chan Miah confirmed. It was learnt that local people caught them from Dobaura border while fleeing to India. Later they were handed over to Dobaura police. At around 6AM on ...

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the anniversary of the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), is being observed across the country on Monday with due religious solemnity. The decision was taken at the National Moon Sighting Committee’s meeting held at the Islamic Foundation (IF) Conference Room at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on September 4 with Secretary of the Ministry ...

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Sunday said Bangladesh and the United States discussed Bangladesh’s financial sector’s reforms broadly, noting that the discussion will be seen as the foundation to take forward the discussion for a meaningful engagement. “We think it is a foundation for a meaningful engagement with the US. We will take forward this discussion at various levels ...