Bangladesh

As the country grapples with an intense heatwave, the government has announced the reopening of primary school academic activities starting Sunday, April 28. The Primary and Mass Education Ministry, through a notification signed by Senior Information Officer Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin, outlined the operational adjustments to accommodate the sweltering conditions. School hours will be limited to the cooler morning hours, from ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled 73 leaders of the party for participating in the upcoming first phase of upazila parishad elections violating the party’s decision. The punitive action was taken against the party leaders as per its constitution, said a press release, signed by BNP Senior Joint General Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on Friday afternoon. It said the ...

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Saber Hussain Chowdhury has held a bilateral meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Chief Climate Negotiator Khalid M Almehaid on the sidelines of Petersburg Climate Dialogue held in Berlin. The meeting held on Thursday underscored the commitment of both nations to work together in addressing pressing climate challenges and advancing the global climate agenda, according to ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged Thailand to explore investment opportunities in Bangladesh’s hospitals and medical facilities alongside investing in special economic zones and hi-tech parks. “We discussed the possibility of cooperation on training and capacity building for Bangladeshi medical personnel. I also proposed him (Thai PM) to explore the possibility of investing in hospitals and medical facilities in Bangladesh,” ...

Bangladesh and Thailand on Friday struck five bilateral documents for visa exemption, cooperation on energy, tourism and custom matters and negotiation of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, reports BSS. The documents — an agreement, three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and a Letter of Intent (LoI)– were inked in presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Thailand ...

The 62nd death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed across the country in a befitting manner Saturday. AK Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (Tiger of Bengal) or Huq Saheb, died on April 27 in 1962 in Dhaka. He was born on October 26, 1873 at his maternal uncle’s house at Saturia, a prosperous village in ...

QPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday morning arrived at Government House (the Thailand Prime Minister’s Office) to join a bilateral meeting with her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin. The two sides would discuss the bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest, according to Bangladesh officials, reports UNB. After the talks a number of bilateral documents would be signed in presence of ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid a courtesy call on the King and the Queen of the Kingdom of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshan. The prime minister, who is on an official tour to Thailand, met the King and the Queen at Amphorn Satharn Throne Hall in Dusit Palace, according to PM’s press wing. During ...

The regular classes and activities of secondary schools, colleges, madrasas, and technical education institutions will resume from Sunday amid the ongoing heatwave. A notification in this regard was issued by the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education on Thursday. It also directed that daily assemblies at these institutions will remain suspended across the country until the heatwave becomes tolerable and ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   24 April 2024 Expatriates welcomed Minister of State for Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury at Heathrow Airport. The state minister addressed everyone there and said that according to the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, all measures will be taken to prevent harassment of expatriates. Prime Minister is very sincere about expatriates. ...