Bangladesh

The UK is providing £500,000 or Tk 7.5 crores of humanitarian assistance to communities affected by Cyclone Remal in southwestern Bangladesh. Cyclone Remal has affected 4.6 million people and displaced 800,000 people. British Chargé d’affaires to Bangladesh, Matt Cannell, said, “The UK stands with all those affected by Cyclone Remal, which has displaced 800,000 people in southwestern Bangladesh.” “I am ...

The National Moon Sighting Committee will hold a meeting on Friday (June 7) to fix the date of Eid-ul-Azha. The meeting will be held at the conference room of Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram office at about 7:15pm. Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan will preside over the meeting.

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is due to present the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Jatiya Sangsad Thursday afternoon. This will be the 53rd budget of the nation and the 25th under the Awami League government in six terms. In 1972, Tajuddin Ahmed, the finance minister of the Bangabandhu government after independence, presented the nation’s ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for New Delhi on Friday (June 7) to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi’s cabinet. The Premier will attend the event on Modi’s invitation, said a release from the Prime Minister’s office on Thursday. “The Prime Minister will leave Dhaka for New Delhi at 4pm on Friday and will return home at noon on ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said 34.33 per cent votes were cast in the 4th phase Upazila Parishad polls. The CEC said this at a press briefing held at the Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon. He said 28 people were arrested, nine were sentenced to different terms of jail and 21 were fined for various ...

The third session of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad began at 5pm on Wednesday (June 5). It is the first budget session of the present stint of the Awami League government came to power through the general election on January 7 this year. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali will place the national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) in the ...

  Ambassador Noor-E Helal Saifur Rahman has been appointed as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan. He will be replacing Ambassador Nahida Sobhan in this capacity, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Ambassador Rahman is a career diplomat belonging to the 15th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)-Foreign Affairs cadre. Joining the service in 1995, he is ...

Naureen Ahsan has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Brunei Darussalam. She will be replacing Ambassador Nahida Rahman Shumona in this capacity, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Naureen Ahsan, a career diplomat of 15th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre, joined Foreign Service in 1995. Currently she is serving at the ministry as ...

The Malaysian government won’t reconsider the May 31 deadline for Bangladeshi workers’ entry into the Southeast Asian country, High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim said on Wednesday (June 5). “There is no good news for Bangladeshis regarding the issue of entering the Malaysian labour market…We [Malaysia] stand by the deadline because we have 15 source countries and we want ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the ‘National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair 2024’ and the ‘Environment Fair 2024’. She opened the tree plantation campaign and the fairs at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) this morning. The Environment Fair, which is continuing at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar from June 5 to 11, while The National Tree Plantation ...