Bangladesh

A total of 178 trains will run everyday, increasing 26 as the metro rail is running every 8 minutes instead of 10 minutes. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), confirmed this on Saturday morning. He said, “The number of metro rail trips increased to 26 and as a result, a total of 178 trains will ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while placing six-point proposals, urged world leaders to unlock climate finance for the victim nations and end the arms-race to divert resources into climate fund. “Senseless arms-race must be stopped and resources need to be diverted into mobilizing the much-needed fund for fighting climate change. Let’s keep in mind, when the existence of humanity is at ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all, particularly the expatriate Bangladeshis, to remain alert so none can again turn Bangladesh into an abode of the anti-liberation force and push the country back. “We have been advancing Bangladesh towards prosperity. This advancement must go on. Stay alert as none can push the country back and make it Rajakars abode,” she said ...

A meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Premier and Foreign Minister of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was held on Friday (Feb 16) at Munich in Germany on the side lines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024, reports BSS. The meeting was held at the conference venue, Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich in the afternoon. During the ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday advised BNP to prepare for the next general election instead of thinking about the next movement. He made the suggestion at a joint meeting of the party held at the Awami League central office in the capital this morning. Regarding BNP’s movement until victory, Quader said ...

President of CIS-BCCI (Commonwealth of Independent States-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Mohammad Ali Deen had a courtesy meeting with Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander Vikentyevich Mantytskiy at the embassy office recently. CDeen highlighted the activities of the CIS-BCCI Chamber in the private sector forum for promoting trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and CIS countries, with a special focus ...

Seven people, including a child, were killed after a bus smashed an autorickshaw in Mymensingh’s Sadar upazila on Friday morning. The accident happened at about 11am in Alalpur area. Mymensingh Kotwali Model Police Station inspector Md Main Uddin said, “Police teams and Fire Service personnel are working on the spot.” According to Sadar Police Station SI Harunur Rashid, who is ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Germany on a three-day official visit to attend Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members reached Munich, Germany at 4:34pm local time. Sheikh Hasina was received by Bangladesh Ambassador to Germany Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan at the airport. The flight earlier ...

The newly elected member of parliament (MP) from constituency-47 (Naogaon-2) Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker took oath on Thursday. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has administered the oath at a ceremony in the parliament building. The election to Naogaon-2 constituency was held on February 12 as the Election Commission postponed the Naogaon-2 polls following the death of a candidate there before the 12th ...

Grameen Bank founder and former managing director Muhammad Yunus is faced with the biggest threat till now to his legacy, as he described a brazen attempt to forcefully occupy the building housing the group of social business enterprises inspired by his anti-poverty philosophy. At an embattled press conference Thursday on the ground floor of Grameen Telecom Building at Mirpur in ...