Bangladesh

President of CIS-BCCI (Commonwealth of Independent States-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Mohammad Ali Deen had a courtesy meeting with Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander Vikentyevich Mantytskiy at the embassy office recently. CDeen highlighted the activities of the CIS-BCCI Chamber in the private sector forum for promoting trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and CIS countries, with a special focus ...

Seven people, including a child, were killed after a bus smashed an autorickshaw in Mymensingh’s Sadar upazila on Friday morning. The accident happened at about 11am in Alalpur area. Mymensingh Kotwali Model Police Station inspector Md Main Uddin said, “Police teams and Fire Service personnel are working on the spot.” According to Sadar Police Station SI Harunur Rashid, who is ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Germany on a three-day official visit to attend Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members reached Munich, Germany at 4:34pm local time. Sheikh Hasina was received by Bangladesh Ambassador to Germany Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan at the airport. The flight earlier ...

The newly elected member of parliament (MP) from constituency-47 (Naogaon-2) Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker took oath on Thursday. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has administered the oath at a ceremony in the parliament building. The election to Naogaon-2 constituency was held on February 12 as the Election Commission postponed the Naogaon-2 polls following the death of a candidate there before the 12th ...

Grameen Bank founder and former managing director Muhammad Yunus is faced with the biggest threat till now to his legacy, as he described a brazen attempt to forcefully occupy the building housing the group of social business enterprises inspired by his anti-poverty philosophy. At an embattled press conference Thursday on the ground floor of Grameen Telecom Building at Mirpur in ...

Bangladesh-Russia relations have proven to be resilient and strong both politically and economically, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytsky said on Thursday judging the outcomes of the year 2023. “2024 seems to be equally promising,” he said while speaking at DCAB Talk at Jatiya Press Club hosted by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB). Together with Bangladeshi partners, the ambassador ...

BNP Secretary Geenral Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury have been released from jail on bail. They were released from the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at about 3:30pm on Thursday. The BNP leaders came out of the prison at 3:45pm. Earlier, on Wednesday (Feb 14) they were granted bail in a case filed ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury are expected to be released on Thursday from Keraniganj central jail if their lawyers’ can withdraw the production warrants against them in all cases. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukdar, representing the BNP leaders, have initiated the legal process for the withdrawal ...

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2024 started today, with over 2 million students from 29,735 educational institutions expected to participate. The Ministry of Education has announced that the exams will start at 10 am across 3,700 centers nationwide. To ensure the integrity of the examination process, no mobile phones or electronic devices will be permitted within ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said more than 1550 women seeking to enter the parliament in reserve seats reflect that women’s awakening has occurred in Bangladesh. “When we see 1,553 women are hopefuls for only 48 reserved seats we can conclude that women’s awakening has occurred in Bangladesh,” she said, reports UNB. The premier made this remark while addressing ...