Bangladesh

World Bank Country Director to Bangladesh Abdoulaye Seck on Monday promised the World Bank’s support for key reform initiatives that the Bangladesh interim government has undertaken. Seck made the pledge when he paid a farewell call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here, reports BSS. Prof Yunus thanked Seck, who is retiring in January, ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has canceled the ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Moulvibazar (Phase 1)’ project in the Lathitila forest of Moulvibazar. Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud after the meeting while briefing the reports said the ECNEC has canceled the project as the Lathitila Forest is a hotspot of biodiversity and constructing a safari park ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh has served a diplomatic note to the Indian government to send back ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka. Foreign adviser Touhid Hossain informed the reporters at the foreign ministry in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. He said, “We sent a note verbal (diplomatic message) to the Indian government saying that the Bangladesh government ...

A seven-member commission has been formed to re-investigate the 2009 Pilkhana massacre. Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury informed this while speaking at an event marking BGB Day at the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka on Monday. The adviser said that Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus approved the formation of the commission on ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul has said that essential reforms will be conducted if gets a year. ‘No alternative without reforms.’ He made the comment at a programme at CIRDAP auditorium in the capital on Monday. “The interim government’s chief advisor and the reform commission have given verbal consent to implement the reforms on the issue ...

Interim Government’s Civil Aviation, Tourism and Land Adviser AF Hassan Ariff was buried at Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard in Mirpur on Monday morning in presence of his family members. Other advisers, government officials and employees were also present during the burial. Hassan Arif died of heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the capital on Friday afternoon at the age of 83. ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury (SK Sur Chowdhury), his wife Suporna Sur Chowdhury and daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury. The case was lodged on Sunday (December 22), the ACC deputy director Md Aktarul Islam confirmed this on Monday. For not submitting the detail information of his moveable and ...

The Election Commission (EC) has terminated its contract with the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) for National Identification (NID) data verification services due to a breach of terms. Along with severing ties, the organisation has been instructed to settle all outstanding dues to the EC within 15 days of receiving the notice. ASM Humayun Kabir, director general of the National Identity ...

The newly-built railway bridge over the river Jamuna has been renamed “Jamuna Railway Bridge” changing its previous name. The bridge was originally named as ‘Bangabandhu Railway Bridge’ after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangladesh Railways director general Md Afzal Hossain stated it on Sunday (December 22). He said, “The new railway bridge built on the river Jamuna will no longer be known ...

A Gazipur court on Sunday placed Mufti Muaz bin Noor, a follower of Maulana Saad Kandlavi, on a three-day remand in a case over the violent clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi over control of the venue. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alamgir Al Mamun of Gazipur Metropolitan Court passed the order. Earlier ...