Bangladesh

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said there was no traffic congestion on the country’s roads and highways despite the pressure of vehicles during of the Eid journey. He made the remark while speaking at a press conference at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi political office in the capital on Friday afternoon. Quader, also the general secretary ...

The United Arab Emirates will issue visa for Bangladeshi workers only after confirmation of their jobs in the Gulf nation, the country’s envoy said on Thursday during a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB. UAE ambassador Abdulla Ali Abdulla Khaseif Alhmoudi called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban, PM’s Press Secretary M Nayeemul Islam ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader returned home on Thursday (June 13) afternoon from Singapore after completing routine health check-up. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG 0585) carrying him landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka at 6:00pm. On June 11, Quader left Dhaka for Singapore for necessary medical examinations at the ...

Educational institutions are currently open on Saturdays. This decision is taken to meet the learning deficit. Schools were supposed to be closed again on Saturday after Eid-ul-Fitr. But no decision has been taken yet. Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Thursday said that a decision on closure of all educational institutions on Saturdays, will be taken after Eid-ul-Azha. “After Eid-ul-Azha, ...

A court in Dhaka has placed Jhenidah district Awami League general secretary Saidul Karim Mintu on a 8-day remand for questioning in Anwarul Azim Anar MP murder case. Earlier on Thursday, police sought 10-day remand for question to arrested Mintu in the case after producing him before a Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court. After hearing, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday imposed a travel ban on Waheeda Rahman Choudhury, former commissioner of the Large Taxpayer Unit of Value Added Tax, of National Board of Revenue (NBR) in connection with a case filed over providing illegal benefits to four mobile phone operators, causing losses of Tk 152 crore to the government. Dhaka Metropolitan senior special judge Mohammad ...

There will be no tickets black markets after this year, said director of Rapid Action Battalion’s legal and media wing commander Arafat Islam on Thursday. “RAB has been working against ticket black markets, muggers, molom party for some days. RAB’s surveillance is continuing to keep passengers safe during Eid time.” If there is any complaint at the railway station during the ...

Global Fund and Stop TB Partnership wants to include Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in their coalition of leaders and champion of global fund. Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands and Stop TB Partnership Executive Director Dr Lucica Ditiu today made the plea when they paid a courtesy call on her at her official residence Ganabhaban. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said that if a citizen breaks any law, the way he would have been brought to justice, Dr Muhammad Yunus’s trial is being held in the same way. “But he (Yunus) is giving false statements, and these are humiliating for the people of Bangladesh,” the law minister told newsmen after coming ...

A court has ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate eight more flats and 25 acres (1 acre=60.5 kathas) and 27 kathas of land remaining in the names of former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, his wife and daughters. The flats have been traced at Badda and Adabar in Dhaka, and residential plots at Rupganj in Narayanganj, Uttara and ...