Bangladesh

Leader of the opposition GM Quader on Tuesday said he has doubts about how the 12th parliament will be able to perform its duties perfectly. He said 75 per cent of the seats in this parliament belong to the ruling party, while the independent MPs – mostly linked to Awami League – comprises 21 per cent, reports UNB. The opposition ...

Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui has been appointed as the new Director-General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). He replaces outgoing DG Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular in this regard on Tuesday (January 30). The circular said the appointment would ‘take immediate effect’.

India is considering to issue on-arrival visas for Bangladesh nationals, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma on Tuesday. He said his country would discuss the matter in future. The Indian High Commissioner was talking to reporters after meeting with Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Faruque Khan at his office at the secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday (January ...

BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has been released after an hour he was picked up by police. He was released at about 3:15pm on Tuesday (January 30). Confirming the matter, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s Uttara Zone’s additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Mirza Salahuddin said police released Moyeen Khan. He was neither detained nor arrested. He was picked up ...

The maiden session of the 12th Parliament began at 3pm on Tuesday with Deputy Speaker Shamshul Huq Tuku in the chair. President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the first parliament session of 2024 exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. Out of 299 seats in the 12th parliamentary election, Awami League won 223, Jatiya ...

BNP standing committee member Moyeen Khan was picked up by police from the party’s black flag procession in Uattar in the capital on Tuesday afternoon. Shahirul Kabir Khan, member of BNP’s media cell, said Moyeen Khan was picked up from Uttara sector-12. BNP is holding black flag processions at seven places in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country  protesting the ...

Bangladesh has slipped two notches in the list of the most corrupt countries of the world in the year 2023. According to the Corruption Perception Index produced annually by the international secretariat of Transparency International (TI), the Berlin-based global coalition against corruption, Bangladesh has scored 24 out of 100, which is the 10th lowest score among 180 countries. Bangladesh’s score ...

The country’s ruling party Awami League (AL) and opposition party BNP will go head-to-head with their programmes on the streets on Tuesday, the same day that the 12th Parliament’s first session is scheduled to start. “Black Flag” processions will be held across the country by leaders and activists of the BNP, demanding the dissolution of the “dummy parliament” and new ...

The first-ever session of the 12th Parliament will commence at 3:00 pm on Tuesday. It will be addressed by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. The President convened the first parliament session of 2024 exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. The cabinet has already approved the speech of the President. The current parliament was ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed National Board of Revenue (NBR) to cut tariff on four essential products – rice, edible oil, sugar and date. Ahead of the Holy month of Ramadan, she came up with the direction in a cabinet meeting on Monday at her office in the capital’s Tejgaon. Later, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, in a press ...