Bangladesh

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday (February 28) called upon people to remain vigilant to the market alongside the government monitoring to keep the prices of essential commodities at a tolerable level. “I call upon the country’s people to keep their vigilance (alongside the government monitoring) and it will make the work easy,” she told ...

Members of parliament (MPs) elected to 50 reserved seats for women uncontested have been sworn-in this (Wednesday) afternoon. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to MPs-elect uncontested at the oath-taking chamber of Jatiya Sangsad around 3:40pm. At first, 48 Awami League MPs-elect were administered oath, followed by two MPs-elect of the main opposition Jatiya Party. After they ...

The government has fixed the office timings of all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies from 9:00am to 3:30pm during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. Besides, there will be a break of 15 minutes from 1.15pm to 1.30pm for Zohr prayer. The timings were fixed at a cabinet meeting held on Wednesday (February 28), Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain said ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled the covers of two books, which are compilations of her speeches given in the United Nations (UN) and to the nation, in the Cabinet meeting today. The books are “Sokoler Tore Sokole Amra” which contains 19 speeches of the Prime Minister given in the UN and their English translation, and “Ahoban”, a collection of her ...

The High Court on Wednesday upheld the former deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman’s jail sentence in a graft case. An HC bench of Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order. Adv Khurshid Alam was present in the court on behalf of the Anti-Corruption commission (ACC). Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-6 Judge Manzurul Islam on June 21 sentenced ...

A two-day election at Dhaka Bar Association to elect the office bearers for 2024-2025 started at 9am on Wednesday. The balloting will go on till 5pm with one hour recess from 1pm to 2pm on both of the days. The voting will end on Thursday (February 29) afternoon. Abdur Rahman Hawlader and Md Anwar Shahadat are contesting for the posts ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that cooperation between Bangladesh and India is necessary as they are close-door neighbours. She said this when the visiting Chief of the Air Staff of India Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari called on her at her Sangsad Bhaban office in Dhaka on Tuesday (February 27), reports BSS. Mentioning that poverty is the main ...

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that his ministry organised an outreaching programme for foreign diplomats to let them witness in person the country’s massive development activities carried out by the Awami League (AL) government. “This visit helps the diplomats to know well about Bangalee nation’s capabilities, the ongoing development programmes under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

A gazette notification detailing the names and addresses of the members of parliament (MPs) elected uncontested to 50 reserved seats of women in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad has been published. The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday (February 27) published the gazette notification. The gazette notification detailing the names and addresses of the 50 MPs will be sent to the Jatiya ...

The six-day Police week-2024 began on Tuesday with the theme ‘Smart police smart country, Bangladesh of peace and progress’. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Police Week as the chief guest at Rajarbagh Police Lines in the capital at 10:30am. The prime minister also reviewed the parade of the Bangladesh Police riding on an open jeep and took the salute. ...