Bangladesh

At least seven arson attacks were recorded in 24 hours till 6 am on Tuesday, Fire Service said. A total of seven vehicles were set on fire by arsonists during this period and five of those were set ablaze in different places of Dhaka on Monday and early Tuesday, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defence ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said there is no possibility to change their decision regarding independent candidates despite the objections of the alliance partners and discomfort of the party candidates. “There is no alternative to competition and no chance of holding uncontested elections,” he said at a press briefing at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi political office ...

A bus of ‘Bahon Paribahan’ was set on fire in the capital’s Gulistan area on Tuesday when the BNP and like-minded parties are observing their 11 phase of 36-hour blockade across the country. Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Lima Khanom said receiving information at about 9:58am, two fire-fighting units went to the scene and doused the fire. Today ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the weekly cabinet meeting on Monday asked authorities concerned to build jetties or terminals at convenient coastal areas after carrying out survey within quickest possible time. The meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with the premier in the chair, reports BSS. Later, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain held a press conference at ...

BNP on Monday expressed concern that many jailed BNP leaders and activists have been pushed towards death because of alleged torture and substandard food supplied to them. “The active leaders and workers of the opposition party being subjected to various inhumane torture and attitude inside and outside the prison to suppress them. Prisoners are being tortured indescribably and brutally,” said ...

The Election Commission (EC) is to deploy armed forces across the country ahead of the upcoming 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls, officials said here on Monday. “The election commission (EC) wants us (armed forces) to be deployed to stage a free and fair election in a healthy atmosphere. We ensured them of all out support,” armed forces division’s principal staff ...

US ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas held a meeting with Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman at the CAAB headquarters this afternoon. “During the talk, I sought US support in further development of Bangladesh’s aviation sector,” Rahman told BSS after the meeting. The CAAB chairman also urged the US government’s cooperation to uplift ...

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka for nearly for four months, was transferred to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) from a cabin on Monday evening as her condition deteriorated. “Khaleda Zia was transferred to the CCU at 6:30 pm as per the recommendation of her medical board,” said BNP media cell ...

VFS Global, which has been a partner of the UK government since 2003, has won the global contract for overseas UK visa and citizenship services. This award is the latest in a long line of wins for the world’s leading visa, passport, and citizen services provider, reports UNB. In 2024, VFS Global will deploy 240 Visa and Citizenship Application Service ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the Awami League (AL), will formally start the election campaign for her party from a rally in Sylhet scheduled to be held on December 20. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader informed this while talking to reporters at the Dhanmondi party office in the capital on Sunday ( December10). He said, “Prime Minister ...