Bangladesh

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has termed BNP as a communal force, kingpin of corruption and money laundering and urged all to resist them. “BNP is the main obstacle to the country’s overall progress. They should be resisted,” he told a discussion marking the 52nd founding anniversary of Krishak League at Krishibid Institution ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has termed BNP as a communal force, kingpin of corruption and money laundering and urged all to resist them. “BNP is the main obstacle to the country’s overall progress. They should be resisted,” he told a discussion marking the 52nd founding anniversary of Krishak League at Krishibid Institution ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-Chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo has been admitted to the hospital. This information was confirmed by his son Tabith Awal. He was admitted to the United Hospital of the capital at 2am on Saturday when he felt severe pain in his chest. Tabith said that his father was admitted with all the signs of a heart attack. ...

All educational institutions across the country reopen on Sunday (April 21) amid the ongoing heatwave after Ramadan and Eid vacation. Considering the situation, the government has directed to suspend daily assemblies at all government primary schools until further notice. The Directorate of Primary and Mass Education circulated the information in a notification on Saturday. Earlier on Friday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) ...

A group of United Nations (UN) experts on Friday expressed dismay about the situation of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia, who had travelled there in the hope of employment after engaging in the official labour migration process. “The situation of Bangladeshi migrants who have lived in Malaysia for several months or longer is unsustainable and undignified,” the experts said. “Malaysia needs ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that prisons have now become permanent addresses for many BNP leaders and activists as they have been imprisoned for months without any reason. The government is depriving many leaders of the party of fresh air and day light by throwing them into prisons, he said. Rizvi said it at a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said there are no political cases filed against opposition BNP leaders and activists. “The cases against them (BNP) are related to different crimes. They committed offenses. So, legal action is being taken against them,” she said. The premier made these remarks while addressing an event arranged in Ganabhaban to exchange views with the central ...

Freedom fighter Shib Narayan Das, who had designed the first flag of Bangladesh just before the independence, passed away while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital on Friday morning, his family said. He was 78. He breathed his last at 9:25 am at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital, his son Arnab ...

Thirteen more members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter in Bangladesh on Thursday night amid a conflict between the country’s military and the armed rebel group in Rakhine state. A total of 274 BGP members, so far, have taken shelter n Bangladesh. Shariful Islam, public relations officer (PRO) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), on Friday said the ...

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat (left) talks with Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma at the state minister’s office in the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat (left) talks with Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma at the state minister’s office in the Bangladesh ...