Bangladesh

Bangladesh and Austria have agreed to conclude a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on “migration and mobility” soon to begin skill mobility from Bangladesh to Austria. Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud held a bilateral meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna on Monday and discussed the issue. He particularly highlighted that ICT professionals from Bangladesh can contribute to Austrian companies, ...

Hours after the High Court order on keeping schools and madrasas closed till May 2 amid the heat wave, Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel said that he would file an appeal petition seeking withdrawal of the directive.

The High Court (HC) has directed the authorities concerned to keep primary and secondary schools, and madrasas closed until Thursday due to the ongoing heatwave sweeping across the country. The HC bench comprising Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat came up with the order in a suo moto (voluntary) rule on Monday. Extreme heatwave is sweeping over the ...

The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education announced that classes of all government primary schools, child welfare trust schools, and learning centres under the education bureau will remain closed till Thursday (May 2) due to the severe heatwave that is sweeping over the country. A notification signed by Senior Information Officer of the ministry, Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin, on Monday, said ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Bangkok on Monday morning, wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:25 am. Earlier, the flight departed from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok at 10:10 am local time. According to BSS reports, the ...

Since its inauguration, the Padma Bridge has significantly boosted government revenue, collecting a staggering Tk 1500 crore in tolls from the myriad of vehicles that have traversed this architectural marvel, reports UNB. Amirul Islam Chowdhury, additional director of the Padma Bridge Site office, reported, “As of Saturday at 11:59 pm, a total of Tk 1,502,62,15,900 in tolls has been collected, ...

BNP on Sunday slammed the government for imposing restrictions on journalists’ access to the Bangladesh Bank offices, saying the move was taken to hide the corruption and plunder perpetrated by Awami League ministers, MPs and their close associates. Speaking at a demonstration, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said a huge amount of money has been looted ...

Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel on Sunday that If the temperature in any district exceeds 42 degrees, the educational institutions of the respective area will be closed. Mohibul Hasan told this while responding to a question at a programme marking the Technical and Vocational Education Week 2024 at the Dhaka Mohila Polytechnic Institute on Sunday afternoon. He said it ...

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a forecast indicating rain or thundershowers in the Chattogram and Sylhet divisions within the next 24 hours, starting from 9:00 am on Sunday. According to the latest meteorological bulletin, Rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty or squally winds, are likely to occur at one or two places over the Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, ...

Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead in broad daylight in Buffalo of New York on Saturday. The killing took place around 12:30pm on Saturday local time on Zenner Street The deceased were identified as Babul Uddin, 36, from Cumilla, and Yusuf Mia, 58, from Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila. They were doing some repair work at the house of an expatriate Bangladeshi ...