Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Wednesday morning from Saudi Arabia after attending the International Conference on Women in Islam and performing holy Umrah. A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Dhaka around around 7:40am. Earlier, the flight departed King AbdulAziz International Airport in Jeddah ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said under the joint guidance of two countries’ leaderships, Bangladesh and China would definitely pool together efforts and fight side by side to win the war against the dengue epidemic, thereby protect the lives and health of the two peoples. “A team of leading medical experts from China came to Bangladesh to ...

Amid the ongoing workers’ protest, garment factory owners have proposed a minimum wage of Tk 12,500 for workers. Siddiqur Rahman, the owners’ representative on the wage board and former BGMEA president, informed the journalists about the proposal after a meeting of the Minimum Wage Board. The hour-long meeting started at 12:20pm on Tuesday. The workers are demanding up to Tk ...

The Election Commission (EC) has withheld the gazette of the results of by-elections in just concluded two parliamentary constituencies — Lakshmipur-3 and Brahmanbaria-2 — in the wake of allegations of irregularities, vote rigging and putting seals on ‘Boat’ symbol in ballot papers. Addressing a press conference at the Election Commission office at Agargaon in the capital on Tuesday (November 7) ...

Amidst speculations that he may quit BNP, party vice-chairman Maj (Retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed has said BNP must participate in the next national election under the mediation of the international community. He, however, said he is still observing the political situation and he will go abroad for treatment as he is sick. “BNP should go to polls with the mediation of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina On Monday called upon the global leaders for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza stopping illegal occupation. “I call upon all parties to ensure humanitarian access and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. I urge world leaders to end this dreadful war, collective punishment, and illegal occupation,” she said. She was addressing the opening session of “International Conference ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed its solidarity with the ongoing movement of opposition parties by declaring its own 48-hour blockade from Wednesday across the country. In a statement on Monday, the Acting Secretary General of Jamaat Maulana ATM Masum thanked people from all levels of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists for support in the 48-hour blockade program that ends at 6am tomorrow, ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday fixed November 12 for holding hearing on an appeal challenging a High Court verdict that declared Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration illegal. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, set the date today. The petitioners’ lawyer Tanya Amir was present at the court. Jamaat filed the petition against ...

A total of 228 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order on the last day of the 48-hour countrywide blockade called by the main opposition BNP. Shariful Islam, public relations officer (PRO) at BGB headquarters, confirmed the development on Monday morning. On Sunday, 27 BGB platoons were deployed in Dhaka ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, performed the holy Umrah at the Holy Mosque of Masjid Al Haram in Makkah on Monday morning. The Prime Minister along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana first performed “tawaf” around the holy Ka’aba Sharif and later walked and ran between Safa and Marwa, reports BSS. She ...