Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked scholars, including fellows of the Prime Minister’s Fellowship (PMF), to apply their own intelligence and thoughts incorporating knowledge to be acquired from local and foreign education to devise plans to ensure the country’s robust development. “We will never depend on other’s model for ensuring development of our country. We have to apply own ...

A total of 48 scholars from different sectors on Sunday received Prime Minister’s Fellowship (PMF) for 2023-24 sessions. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina conferred 38 masters and 10 Ph.D PMF on the scholars at the Shapla Hall of her office this morning for pursuing the degrees at globally top-ranking universities. So far, 277 masters’ fellows and 108 Ph.D fellows have been ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said collapse of the one-point movement of BNP and 32 like-minded opposition parties is inevitable as these parties are a mismatched and hotchpotch. Quader, who is also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, was responding to the queries of journalists after inspecting the construction work of Dhaka Elevated Expressway in Kawla area, adjacent ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said question doesn’t arise at all to reach a consensus with the ruling Awami League government. “We held dialogue trusting them (Awami League) in the past, but was cheated. So, question doesn’t arise to hold dialogue with them again,” he said taking part in a discussion on contemporary political context organised in ...

After completion of all formalities during performing Hajj, a total of 24,158 pilgrims have returned home till Saturday. They have come back to the country via 64 return Hajj flights. Among the flights, the number of flights operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines is 22, Saudia Airlines is 27 and Flynas Airlines is 15. The information was disclosed in a 46th ...

All educational institutes across the country will reopen on Sunday (9 July) after Eid-ul-Azha holidays. As dengue cases are increasing in the country, the government has issued five instructions to these institutions. Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) had issued an order to the principals and field-level education officers of all public and private educational institutions with a request ...

At least 299 people were killed and 544 injured in 277 road accidents in 15 days during the rush centring the Eid-ul-Azha. Jatri Kalyan Samity revealed the information at a press conference held at the auditorium of Bangladesh Photo Journalist Association in the capital on Saturday. It said 25 people were killed and 10 injured in 25 railway related accidents ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has expressed displeasure over “seeking solutions” of Bangladesh’s internal issues from foreigners, especially from diplomats stationed in Dhaka. “I believe you (media) will not be playing a supportive role to that end,” he said while speaking at DCAB Talk at the Foreign Service Academy. Momen said diplomats come here to promote bilateral relations between ...

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has laid emphasis on accelerating efforts to bring justice for the Rohingyas. At a media briefing in Dhaka on Friday afternoon, he said there is a gap between promises and delivery of justice, reports UNB. Chief prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar to hear testimony from survivors of alleged genocide by Myanmar’s military ...

Six members of a family were killed as a bus hit a battery-run autorickshaw in Lebutala area of Jashore town on Friday. The accident took place in the area at about 6.30pm, said Katwali Police Station OC Tajul Islam. Details of the deceased could not be known immediately.