Bangladesh

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court has canceled the candidacy of independent candidate Md Salahuddin of Chattogram-4 constituency for concealing his job information in his affidavit. The court also fined him Tk 1 lakh and Salauddin will be paid the money within one week. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated free textbooks distribution among students up to the secondary level for the academic year of 2024 as the textbooks distribution is set to officially start across the country tomorrow. The premier opened the textbook distribution programme at an event at her office through handing over books to students of pre-primary, primary and secondary ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said killers will not be allowed to rein in Bangladesh anymore. She also said conspiracies are going on to foil the upcoming elections in Bangladesh, but the conspiracies will not be allowed to succeed. Stern action will be taken against those who play games with the fate of the country. Sheikh ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said the government has taken various steps for welfare for Bangladeshi expatriates residing across the world considering them as the heroes behind the Bangladesh’s development miracle. “They are our heroes. We must recognize them,” he said as the chief guest at the national event marking the “National Expatriates Day-2023 at Bangabandhu International Conference ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday announced a two-day mass contact and leaflet distribution programme again as part of their programmes to boycott the 12th parliamentary election and the non-cooperation movement. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a virtual press conference on Saturday. He said they will distribute leaflets on 31 December and ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP has taken the path of sabotage after failing in regular movement. “We are getting news that messages are being sent from London instructing to carry out assassinations, if necessary. They (BNP) are getting prepared for launching more dangerous sneak attacks. We call upon all to remain alert to this end,” he ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined a rally in Gopalganj’s Tungipara which began at 11am on Saturday. Her younger sister  Sheikh Rehana accompanied Sheikh Hasina there.Thousands of people welcomed Sheikh Hasina after she reached Tungipara. The rally is being held at Tungipara Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Government College ground. Awami League activists and supporters have flocked to the ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her indignation at BNP-Jamaat, saying that BNP is a party of terrorists, which doesn’t have any right to do politics in Bangladesh. “BNP doesn’t have any right to do politics in Bangladesh, because they burn and kill people. Our politics is the welfare of people, while their politics is burning ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that a neighbouring country is directly interfering in the affairs of Bangladesh and aiding the ruling Awami League to hold a “dummy election” on January 7, reports UNB. Talking to reporters while distributing leaflets in Dhaka city’s Dhanmondi area, he also called upon the country’s people to boycott the ...

An independent candidate of Naogaon-2 constituency (Patnitala and Dhamoirhat) in the 12th general elections has passed away. The candidate Aminul Haque breathed his last early Friday while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital Dhaka, said his son Asiful Haque. Asiful said his father went to Dhaka on Monday to attend the hearing of a case and he was ...