Bangladesh

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid tributes to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day. The president and the Prime minister separately placed wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur, reports UNB. They stood there in solemn silence for a while as a mark of profound respect to the memories ...

The nation is observing the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Thursday to commemorate the brightest minds killed systematically by the Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators towards the end of the Liberation War in 1971. On this day in 1971, the country’s renowned academicians, doctors, engineers, journalists, artists, teachers and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their homes, blindfolded, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP can’t oust her government by resorting to killings and destructive activities. “They can’t oust the government by killing people. What kind of politics they do?” she said slamming the opposition BNP for their destructive activities.The premier was exchanging views with the newly elected committee of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and ...

Cumilla City Corporation Mayor Arfanul Huque Rifat passed away around 6:30pm on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. He had been suffering from various complications, including having suffered a heart attack and a stroke. AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker from Cumilla-6 constituency, confirmed the matter. Arfanul Huque Rifat won the high-voltage Cumilla City Corporation election, reversing the ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday did not accept the bail prayers of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in 10 cases against him filed with two different police stations in the capital. Though Mirza Fakhrul is an accused in those 10 cases, he was not shown arrested. When the bail prayers were placed before the court for hearing on ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has said that Bangladesh is India’s most trustworthy partner which was reflected through Bangladesh’s participation in the G20 Summit in New Delhi in September 2023. He sounded optimistic that the existing friendly relations between Bangladesh and India will become more consolidated in days to come, reports UNB. The High Commissioner made the remarks ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Spanish investments will be welcomed in any sector of Bangladesh for mutual benefits as Spain’s ambassador to Bangladesh Francisco de Asis Benitez Salas paid a farewell call on her. “They (Spain’s entrepreneurs) are welcomed. They can invest in any sector of their choice in Bangladesh,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as ...

Dhaka University and Bijoy Sarani metro stations opened to public on Wednesday (December 13) morning. But the duration of the rail services on the Agargaon-Motijheel section will remain same –from 7:30am to 11:30am. The inauguration of DU station has created a milestone in student connectivity. The students can now easily reach the university by train. It has been most effective ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has made his wife Sherifa Quader as the party presidium member. JaPa’s joint office secretary Mahmud Alam confirmed it on Tuesday (December 12). He said JaPa chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has made the party chairman’s adviser and Jatiya Sangskritik Party president Sherifa Quader as the party presidium member, which has already been come ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa)’s chief patron and leader of the opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad has requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina not to form an alliance or reach a consensus with her party in any way. She made the request meeting the prime minister at Ganabhaban in the capital early Tuesday (December 12) afternoon. Raushan Ershad was accompanied by her son ...