Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will exchange greetings with mass people, including party leaders and workers, as well as judges and foreign diplomats, at her official residence Ganabhaban on Thursday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Hasina, also the Awami League chief, will first exchange Eid greetings with the party colleagues, poets, litterateurs, writers, journalists, teachers and intellectuals from 10am. Later, she ...

Hijri Shawaal moon has not been sighted in the skies at anywhere of the country. The 30th day of the month of holy Ramadan will fall on Wednesday (April 10) and the month of Shawaal will begin on Thursday (April 11). So, the Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country on that country. The decision was taken at a meeting ...

The US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller has denied an accusation reportedly made by a former Indian ambassador to Bangladesh that the US ambassador in Dhaka, Peter Haas, was in hiding just before Bangladesh’s immediate past general election due to alleged Indian pressure. The State Department spokesperson made the denial in response to a question at the department’s regular ...

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, announced today that the upcoming NAP Expo 2024 Bangladesh aims to highlight the nation’s achievements in addressing climate change impacts. Scheduled for April 22-25 at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu International Conference Center, the expo will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on April 22. The event will serve as a platform for ...

The number of vehicles is increasing on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Expressway on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga route as the government holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr commencing Wednesday. However, vehicular movement on the highway remained normal even though there were long queues of vehicles at the toll booths. Meanwhile, a significant number of motorcycles were seen on the highway, as many commuters opted ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given special directives to prevent crimes of teenage gangs, said Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain. The premier also gave directives to check teenage gangs with different viewpoint instead of traditional way of combating criminals, he said. She urged the guardians, teachers and local representatives to engage themselves with this task, said Mahbub Hossain. The cabinet ...

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira on Monday said global challenges are interconnected and can only be addressed through reinvigorated multilateralism, reforms and international cooperation. “In that spirit, Brazil’s G20 Presidency believes that the group should work towards a United Nations that is more effective in its purposes, while tackling main inequalities in its decision-making processes,” he said while delivering a ...

Bangladesh Film Archive under the Information Ministry and Getty Images, a visual media company of the United States, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collect and preserve footages on the Liberation War and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The MoU was signed on Friday at the Getty Images office in New York, said a media ...

Due to the increase in extra traffic on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, the number of vehicles crossing on the Bangabandhu Bridge and the toll collection have doubled compared to normal. However, there was no traffic jam on the highway despite increased traffic pressure. According to Bangabandhu Bridge site office sources, 29,780 vehicles crossed the Bangabandhu Bridge from 6 am on Sunday ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon Brazil to import directly Readymade Garment (RMG) products from Bangladesh. “RMG goods from Bangladesh have been being exported to Brazil on a limited scale through the third party. It will be more affordable for Brazil if the country directly imports RMG items from Bangladesh,” she said, reports BSS. The premier came up with the ...