Bangladesh

Economists at a book launching ceremony on Thursday observed that economic disparities in Bangladesh have increased manifold though the country has made significant achievements over the last 52 years after its independence. “The economic disparities created during the British and Pakistani rules have also surpassed in the independent Bangladesh,” they said. According to the economists, farmers, industrial workers, especially garment ...

Leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday (April 18) held a meeting with British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook. The meeting lasted for about one and a half hours starting at 11:30am at the British High Commissioner’s office at Baridhara in the capital, said a reliable source of BNP. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee ...

Rajshahi University’s Mass Communication and Journalism Department Professor Dr Pradeep Kumar Pandey has took an oath as new member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC). Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan administered the oath around 11:30am on Thursday at Judges Lounge in Supreme Court. Prof Pandey was appointed as a member of PSC on March 19. He is currently serving as the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the Livestock Services Week and Fair aimed at promoting poultry and dairy farmers through development of the sector. The prime minister formally opened the 2-day fair at the old Trade Fair Ground at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar beside the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), reports UNB. Department of Livestock Services of the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry has ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday asked all concerned ministries to remain vigilant about the ongoing unrest in the Middle East due to Iran-Israel tension and take necessary steps to tackle any adverse effect in Bangladesh. “The honorable Prime Minister urged all concerned, including cabinet members and ministries, to keep sharp eyes on the reality (triggered ...

A four-day National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Expo 2024 will begin at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital on April 22. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury made this announcement while addressing a press conference at his ministry office in the capital on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the expo aiming to address the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic Mujibnagar Day. She placed a wreath at Bangabandhu’s portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the capital’s Dhanmondi. After laying the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of ...

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed on Wednesday marking the formation of Bangladesh’s first government that led the War of Liberation in 1971. The day began with hoisting the national flag and placing wreaths at Mujibnagar Liberation War Memorial in Meherpur. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion ...

The death toll from a collision between a bus and pickup van in Kanaipur area in Faridpur’s Sadar upazila rose to 14. Of those, five of the deceased were the members of a same family, it was learnt. They are Farid Master of Faridpur’s Boalmari upazila and his daughter, his brother, brother’s wife and child. According to local people, all ...

Labour Appellate Tribunal on Tuesday extended the bail of Grameen Telecom Chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus till May 23 in a case filed for violation of labour law. Earlier this morning, Dr Yunus’s lawyer Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun submitted a petition before the tribunal Judge MA Awal seeking permamnent bail of Dr Yunus. But the Judge rejected the plea and granted ...