Bangladesh

Salman Fazlur Rahman has been appointed as an honorary adviser to the prime minister. It was informed through a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Thursday. According to the notification, Salman F Rahman will get the position of minister while holding the post of honorary adviser. Meanwhile, he was elected Member of Parliament in Dhaka-1 (Dohar-Nawabganj) Constituency in the ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has been nominated as the Leader of the Opposition in parliament by his own party. Besides, the party’s co-chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud and secretary general Mujibul Huq Chunnu have been nominated as Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Chief Whip of the Opposition respectively. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ...

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskyi has expressed his country’s keen interest to export wheat to Bangladesh. The Russian Ambassador conveyed it on Thursday (January 18, 2024) during a courtesy call on Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder at his office in the capital, reports UNB. The meeting, which also included Secretary to the Food Ministry, Ismail Hossain; Director General of ...

BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury secured bail in four other cases filed on charge of sabotage. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzel Hossain passed the order on Thursday after a hearing on his bail plea. A court on Wednesday granted bail to the BNP leader in two cases. Khasru has been shown arrested in eight cases on ...

The Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is the agent of BNP. “TIB’s every word is one-sided, they advocate for BNP. They are an anti-government. They speaks like BNP.” Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made these comments at a press briefing at the AL president’s political office in the capital’s Dhanmondi ...

The European Union (EU) on Thursday congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her reelection as the Prime Minister for fourth consecutive term and promised to take the partnership and cooperation with Bangladesh to a new height. EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley made the remarks while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official Ganabhaban residence this morning, reports ...

Asian Development Bank country director Edimon Ginting today said Sheikh Hasina’s return as Prime Minister was very much urgent for the good future of Bangladesh. “For the good future of Bangladesh, her (Sheikh Hasina) return was very much needed,” PM’s deputy press secretary K M Shakhawat Moon told reporters quoting the ADB country director as saying. The meeting was held ...

Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen on Wednesday asked authorities concerned to close all unlicensed hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centers across the country immediately to prevent any unwanted incidents. The health minister came up with the call while talking to reporters at Banani graveyard after placing wreaths at the grave of his childhood friend Sheikh Kamal who was assassinated along with ...

The 12th parliamentary election held on 7 January was one-sided and dramatically competitive, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said in a post-polls reaction on Wednesday. “The 12th parliamentary election was not held in a free, fair and inclusive manner. This election is an ominous sign for the future of democracy,” TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said during a press conference held at ...

A court in Dhaka has granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in another case filed with the city’s Paltan Police Station. Dhaka’s Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Tahmina Huque passed the order on Wednesday granting bail to Mirza Fakhrul after a hearing on his bail plea. Earlier on January 10, Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sultan Sohag Uddin ...