Bangladesh

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Friday asked all judges to strictly monitor that power is not misused. “Power and responsibility are related to one another. Power must be exercised to perform duties. Again, responsibility should be shown in the exercise of power,” he said. He was addressing the inaugural session of the International Conference on South Asian Constitutional Courts in the ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) has received a new contribution of US$5.4 million from the government of Japan as humanitarian response to Rohingya crisis. A handover ceremony was held on Thursday in the city with the participation of Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh IWAMA Kiminori and WFP Bangladesh Country Director Dom Scalpelli, said a WFP press release here. “We are pleased ...

A fresh batch of 144 irregular Bangladeshi migrants, who were held at a detention centre in Libyan, were repatriated to Dhaka on Friday. A chartered flight of Buraq Air carrying the Bangladeshi migrants landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday morning, said a foreign ministry press release. With the utmost efforts of the Bangladesh High Commission in ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said there will be no shortage of any commodity in the market during the upcoming month of Ramadan. “There’ll be no scarcity of anything during Ramadan. All arrangements have already been made,” she said, replying to a question at a press conference in her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital in the morning. The ...

The government is going to hike the prices of electricity and fuel oils for taking revenge on people, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged. “The government will increase the prices of electricity and energy in the next month of again. The anti-people government doesn’t bother about showing accountability. The government is going to raise the prices ...

Pabna District Jubo Mohila League vice-president Mim Khatun Afsana who was arrested along with her husband Obaidullah on charges of misappropriation of fund through fraudulent ways have been placed on remand. Tahmina Huque, metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka, placed them on one day remand on Thursday (February 22), after hearing on their bail petitions. Earlier, they were produced before the court ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated Bangladesh’s stance not to engage in war with anyone, but will boost its defence forces aiming to protect the independence and sovereignty. “We will not engage in war with anyone. But we have to attain capability to protect our independence and sovereignty,” she said, reports UNB. The prime minister said this while addressing ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the bail of expelled Jubo League leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim, known as GK Shamim, given by the High Court, in an arms case. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the order dismissing a petition which sought a stay on the bail. The petition was filed ...

In a heartfelt tribute to the heroes of the 1952 Language Movement, Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday articulated Bangladesh’s aspiration to accord Bangla the status of an official language of the United Nations. Speaking at a commemorative event for National Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day at the Foreign Service Academy, Hasan acknowledged the challenges ahead but ...

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain returned home from Singapore early Wednesday after receiving treatment for a brain tumour. He landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1am. “My father is now better Alhamdulillah than before. He received treatment at National Hospital University in Singapore,” said Khandaker Maruf Hossain, son of Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. He also said he (Khandaker ...