Bangladesh

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan left Dhaka today (February 7) to participate in the 7th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) to be held from February 9-10 in Perth, Australia. The minister is leading the Bangladesh delegation for the conference, according to a press release. The 7th edition of IOC is bringing together key stakeholders to deliberate on the ...

Association of Television Channel Owners’ (ATCO) have congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive time through the 12th National Parliament election. The premier was felicitated at Ganobhaban by ATCO members led by the association’s President Anjan Chowdhury on Wednesday (February 7). Later, the prime minister interacted with the ATCO members.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday put emphasis on holding inter school, college and university level sports tournaments regularly. “We need to build environment for holding inter school, college and university level sports tournaments. We even need to arrange inter upazila and district sports tournaments,” she said. The prime minister said this while inaugurating the final round of 52nd National ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General (DG) Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui has said that Myanmar is ready to take back 264 members of Myanmar border and security forces, who took shelter in Bangladesh. “BGB is always active to face any situation arising at the border, ” said the DG after visiting Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari border area on Wednesday.  

The ruling Awami League is selling the nomination forms for the reserved seats for women to its aspirants for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The sale started at 10am. The aspirants can collect and submitted the forms till 4pm on Thursday (February 8).

Ten more parliamentary standing committees were formed on Tuesday which are headed by ruling Awami League MPs. With this, 38 out of 50 parliamentary committees have been constituted so far. AHM Mustafa Kamal was the finance minister of the Awami League government in the last term. He was made the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on Finance Ministry. Immediate ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday met with President Mohammed Shahabuddin. President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after the meeting. During the meeting at Bangabhaban, the CEC briefed the president about the overall activities of the commission, especially the various aspects of the 12th national parliamentary election. He thanked the president for his overall cooperation in ...

Some 264 members of Myanmar border and security forces have taken shelter to Bangladesh so far due to the ongoing fighting between the Myanmar army and the insurgent group inside their country. The newly appointed BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Tuesday said 114 came in the morning and by the afternoon 35 members fled to Bangladesh. ...

The government is going to set up state-of-the-art Research and Innovation Centers (RICs) in ten universities to empower the brightest minds to solve critical national problems through research and innovations with a distinct focus on market-oriented products. This university-based RICs will serve as a dynamic hub fostering collaborative research and innovation that would connect academia, industry and government to effectively ...

Voting in the reserved seats for women of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad will be held on March 14 next, said the Election Commission (EC) secretary Jahangir Alam. He stated it following the 27th meeting of the commission held at Nirbachan Bhaban at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday (February 6). The EC secretary said the candidates would submit their ...