Bangladesh

Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker has said that the overall environment for holding the national election is completely favorable. “We think that the environment for holding the election is 100 percent in favor. So far, we don’t see any unfavorable situation,” the EC said on Sunday at the Nirbachan Bhaban while responding to reporters. In response to a question ...

Admitting that the country’s law and order situation has slightly deteriorated, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said, ”We will try our best to restore it to the previous state.” While talking to reporters, the Home Adviser said, “The situation was good but based on the incidents of the last few days I would say ...

Former additional inspector general of police M Shamsuddoha Khandaker was arrested from his own resort in Dhaka’s Nawabganj area early Sunday. Nawabganj Police Station OC Mominul Islam confirmed the arrest to media this morning. He said Shamsuddoha was arrested in check fraudulence case. OC Mominul added,Shamsuddoha Khandaker is accused in multiple cases including at least seven cheque dishonour cases and ...

Mid-day meals at primary schools in 150 upazilas will be resumed in September last or October first, said Primary and Mass Education Adviser Prof Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Sunday. ”The related works is going on, it will resume in 150 upazilas soon,” the adviser responded during queries of the reporters at the Secretariat. The government will reintroduce the ...

Renowned author, researcher, and leftist political figure Badruddin Umar has passed away. He was 94 years old. He died on Sunday morning, September 7, at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in Dhaka, where doctors pronounced him dead at 10:05 AM. Badruddin Umar had been suffering from age-related complications for a long time. His condition worsened early Sunday, prompting his family to rush ...

Home and Agriculture Ministry Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that farmers across the country struggling to get a fair price for their potato crops may soon see relief, as the government is actively working on the issue. Speaking to reporters on Saturday afternoon during a visit to the newly established Guagachhia Police Camp in Gojaria ...

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, Adviser to Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Ministry of Youth and Sports, has alleged that efforts are being made to bring back the Awami League (AL) into the political mainstream. Speaking at an orientation programme for newly-appointed officers and employees of Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation (PDBF), held at the auditorium of Sher-e-Bangla ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday alleged that a “deep conspiracy” is unfolding in the country, which he fears may be tied to an international plot. “I have a strong feeling that a deep conspiracy is going on inside the country,” Rizvi said while addressing a *milad mahfil* organised by the party at its Nayapaltan central ...

Five people were killed after a passenger bus fell into a roadside canal in Laxmipur Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The accident occurred in front of Chandraganj Kafil Uddin Degree College at about 8AM. Three of the deceased were identified as Md Morshed Alam, 40, Jaynal Abedin, 57, and Humayun Rashid of Noagaon district. A bus of ‘Ananda Paribahan’ fell ...

Pakistan’s new High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider met with BNP leaders at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office on Saturday morning. The meeting, attended by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing Committee Members Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and International Affairs Committee Member Shama Obaed, was held at 10:30AM. Theparty sources said that the ...