Bangladesh

Five young people were crushed under the wheels of a train at Raipura upazila in Narsingdi district on Monday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. But four of them were in between 18 to 20 years, another one was above 20. The incident happened in Komoltoli Khaksar area near Methikanda Railway Station in the upazila at ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday left Dhaka for Beijing on a four-day bilateral visit invited by her Chinese counterpart. The visit is believed to elevate the relations between Bangladesh and China to “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” from “strategic partnership”, reports BSS. A special flight (BG1701) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and her entourage members, departed from Hazrat ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital early Monday as her health condition suddenly deteriorated. BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan said, “The BNP chief suddenly fell ill at an early hours and taken to the hospital immediately. And after reaching there, she was hospitalised.” Earlier, the BNP chairperson left her Gulshan residence for ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday dismissed the movement against the quota system in the government jobs as irrational saying it’s sub-judice. “I don’t think there is any rationality for what is being done today in the name of movement by wasting the study time,” she said, reports UNB. The premier said this when the central leaders of Jubo Mohila ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Beijing on a four-day bilateral visit Monday morning, which is believed to elevate the relations between Bangladesh and China to “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” from “strategic partnership”. A chartered flight (BG1701) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members, will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00am ...

Academic and administrative activities at public universities across the country remain halted as the indefinite strike by teachers protesting the ‘Prattay pension scheme’ enters its fifth consecutive day. Dr. Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, Secretary General of the University Teachers Association Federation and President of the Dhaka University Teachers Association, emphasized their commitment to the protest. They will continue the movement until ...

BNP has announced new committees for its units in four cities–Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Chattogram and Barishal. A press release issued by BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi confirmed this on Sunday. Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal’s former president Saiful Alam Nirob and BNP’s sports affairs secretary Aminul Haq will lead BNP’s Dhaka North unit as convener and member secretary, ...

Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway to protest the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs. The protesters took position at the Dairy Gate area around 11am on Sunday. The blockade caused severe traffic congestion, with hundreds of vehicles stuck on both sides of the highway. As part of their pre-scheduled programme, the JU students brought ...

India is a political friend of Bangladesh while China is of development, said Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday (July 6). Noting that Bangladesh will take opportunities from anywhere for the sake of the country’s development, he said: “Bangladesh’s relationship with India is good. So, I have been able to take many ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) thinks that the demand of the students regarding quota in government jobs is certainly fair and logical. For this, the party has expressed solidarity with the ongoing anti-quota movement. The party also supported pension movements of public university teachers. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at a press conference on ...