Bangladesh

The two-day annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) started on Wednesday. Voting began at 10am and will continue till 5pm with an hour lunch break. A total of 7,883 lawyers can cast their votes in the elections. BNP-Jamaat-backed blue panel is participating in the elections, despite several allegations. Senior lawyers Abu Sayeed Sagor and Shah Monjurul Hoque ...

Veteran journalist Sayed Kamaluddin, editor of the weekly Holiday, has passed away at a city hospital. He was 85. “My father breathed his last at about 2:30 pm at Evercare Hospital on Tuesday. He was suffering from kidney-related complications,” his son Talat Kamal told the media. Kamal served as the former press minister of Bangladesh in Washington, DC. He began ...

Seeking Deputy Commissioners help to fight against spread of falsehood and disinformation, state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has said only the registered and professionals online portals will be allowed to operate to ensure accountability and discipline in the media industry. Arafat said this at a meeting with Deputy Commissioners on Tuesday, the third day of ongoing ...

The Speedy Trial (amendment) Bill 2024 was passed in parliament on Tuesday aiming to make it a permanent legislation instead of implementing it step by step. Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan Kamal moved the bill and it was passed by voice vote, reports UNB. The main opposition Jatiya Party strongly opposed the bill saying that the law is used to oppress ...

A five-day long 54th director general level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Forces (BSF) of India began on Tuesday (March 5, 2024) at the BGB Headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka on Tuesday. A 16-member Bangladesh delegation led by BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui and a nine-member Indian delegation led by Border Security ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated that the forcibly displaced Rohingyas must be returned to their own country, Myanmar, in a dignified manner. “The forcibly displaced Rohingyas must be returned to their homeland in a dignified way,” she said while Dr Payam Akhavan called on her at her Sangsad Bhaban office, reports BSS. Dr Payam is the lawyer of ...

The government is planning to provide 1.5 lakh tonnes of rice to 50 lakh families under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in the upcoming Ramadan, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandar Majumder on Monday. The dealers were asked to collect rice from March 1 which will be distributed within March 10, he said while talking to reporters after attending the deputy ...

A Bangladeshi couple was reportedly shot dead by miscreants in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday evening. The deceased are Md Mohin Bhuiya, 35, son of Md Hossain Bhuiya of North Manikpur village, Ward No 4, Arjuntala Union of Senbag upazila of Noakhali district and his wife Runa Akhter, 22, daughter of Md Liton of Jamadar Bari in Kesharpur Union of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said BGB has been equipping with state-of-the-art technology to ensure foolproof security at the frontiers and tackle transnational crimes. “Smart digital surveillance and technical response system have been installed at borders aimed at ensuring foolproof security and face inter-country terrorism,” she said. The premier was addressing as the chief guest a function marking the ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Singapore for treatment on Monday morning. He alongwith his wife left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:40 am by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. It is learned that he is scheduled to receive treatment at a hospital there. For this the BNP leader is going there for treatment. The ...