Bangladesh

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement marking the Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. Both the Head of the State and the Head of the Government paid homage by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city at one minute past midnight ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the countrymen to move ahead with head high as Amar Ekushey (February 21) taught us not to bow down head. “Ekush taught us not to bow down. We will not move keeping our heads down anymore, we will go with our heads high,” she said conferring Ekushey Padak-2024 at Osmani Memorial Auditorium, reports ...

US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Afreen Akhter, is likely to be in Dhaka on Saturday (February 24) – to take relations with Bangladesh forward. This is going to be the first visit by any US official after the January 7 national election. Apart from bilateral issues and other areas of mutual interests, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday conferred ‘Ekushey Padak 2024’ to 21 eminent personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions in various fields. She handed over the Ekushey Padak, the country’s second highest civilian award, at a ceremony at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka, reports UNB. The Cultural Affairs Ministry organised the event on the occasion of ‘Amar Ekushey’ and ...

The Executive Director of United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Cindy H. McCain, has lauded Bangladesh for making massive success in different sectors in the last 15 years. She pointed out Bangladesh’s leading role in women empowerment, reduction of dropout from schools through school feeding programmes, and building resilience in response to climate adversities, reports UNB. She highly praised the ...

Bangladesh Press Council chairman Justice Md Nizamul Huq Nasim has said policy has been formulated after holding lengthy discussions with different organisations including journalist community about who would be called ‘journalists’ and what would be their eligibiliies. It has been decided that a journalist doesn’t mean working journalist only. Rather, editors and publishers — all will fall under the purview ...

Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Monday informed the parliament that a total of 9,370 Bangladeshi expatriates are currently detained in prisons of different countries. He provided the information while responding to a question from Mohammad Huchamuddin Chowdhury, an independent member, at Jatiya Sangsad with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The foreign minister said the highest number of ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has been released from jail on Monday evening after securing bail in all cases. The BNP leader walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6:55 pm after the bail order reached the jail authorities, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. BNP leaders and activists of the senior leader of the ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s participation at Munich Security Conference has reflected the importance of Bangladesh. He made the remark at a press conference at the AL president’s Dhanmondi political office in the capital on Monday afternoon. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said a general election was held ...

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana, arrived in Dhaka on Monday. The delegation, led by the Foreign Minister, was received by Director General (Africa) A F M Zahid Ul Islam at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The Ghanaian delegates have come to Dhaka for a bilateral visit and will have ...