Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home on Wednesday after performing the holy Umrah in Saudi Arabia. The BNP secretary general and his wife Rahat Ara Begum arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 12:35pm from Jeddah, his personal assistant M Yunus Ali told UNB. Talking to reporters at the airport, ...

The 163rd birth anniversary of great poet Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, is being celebrated Wednesday in a befitting manner. The government has taken up elaborate programmes to celebrate the 163rd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore at national level Wednesday. On the 25th of Baishakh in 1268 ...

The first phase of the sixth upazila parishad election is under in 139 upazilas of 59 districts in the country amid high security. Voting began at 8:00am on Wednesday and continue up to 4:00pm without any recess. Some 1,635 candidates, including nearly 570 chairman contenders are in the electoral race in the 139 upazila parishads against a total of 417 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday (May 7) urged the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to raise more funds from newer sources for assistance of the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh as its Director General (DG) Amy Pope paid a courtesy call on her in Dhaka. “As the fund for the assistance of Rohingya (in Bangladesh) decreased, the IOM should find ...

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Tuesday said that ministers and member of parliament (MPs) cannot influence the upazila parishad elections. Election Commission (EC) will monitor centrally whether they (minister, MPs) are trying to control the polls or not, the CEC said a press briefing held at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital on the EC’s preparation to hold ...

The first phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections in 141 upazilas will be held on Wednesday (May 8). Voting will begin from 8am. A total of 1,635 candidates are competing in this phase. Among them, 570 are vying for the post of chairman, 625 for vice chairman and 440 for the post of female vice chairman. Candidates for all ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to raise more funds from newer sources for assistance of the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh as its Director General (DG) Amy Pope paid a courtesy call on her. “As the fund for the assistance of Rohingya (in Bangladesh) decreased, the IOM should find new partners to raise more ...

After Arms Act, Monir Hossain, better known as Golden Monir, has been acquitted in another case filed under the Special Powers Act. Dhaka’s 7th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court Judge Tahsin Iftekhar on Sunday (May 6) delivered the acquittal order in the case, finding no cogent grounds to punish the accused. The state lawyers failed to prove the the Special Powers Act ...

A total of 418 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the first phase of the upazila parishad elections scheduled to be held on Wednesday (May 8). BGB Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam confirmed this on Tuesday morning. He said the BGB will work as a mobile and striking force in the election areas from May 6-10 ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said actions will be taken against those who will breach party discipline. “The leaders who are assigned by the party (Awami League) will continue to try to discourage the family members of the ministers and MPs who want to be candidates in the upazila elections,” ...