Bangladesh

The family of Squadron Leader Asim Jawad, who recently died in trainer fighter jet crash, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka on Thursday evening. Jawad’s father Dr Md Aman Ullah, mother Nilufar Akter, wife Rifat Antara, daughter Ayeeza and son Ayaaz met the premier and spent some time with her, PM’s Deputy Press Secretary ...

    UK’s Minister for Health and Secondary Care Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP called on Bangladesh Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen at the House of Commons on Wednesday. During the meeting, Minister Sen emphasized the need to bolster Bangladesh-UK health sector collaboration, especially on digitisation of Bangladesh’s health sector, skill development of Bangladeshi young doctors, reintroduction of ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul’s remarks don’t carry any significance following the statement made by US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader. Quader also questioned Mirza Fakhrul’s Wednesday’s remarks that the US maintained its previous position regarding Bangladesh. “How did Mirza Fakhrul know that the United States holds its previous position regarding Bangladesh? ...

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the present dummy government is trying to turn Bangladesh into a country of looters. He said Awami League leaders and their close associates have siphoned off thousands of crore of taka from the country. Now, Bangladesh’s people are getting information about 393 luxury houses owned by Bangladeshis in Dubai. ...

A Dhaka court has fixed June 30 the deadline for submitting the probe report in a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in February 2012. This is the 108th extension of the submission deadline. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque on Thursday passed the order after the Rapid Action Battalion’s (RAB) investigating officer failed ...

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) reports that a mild to moderate heatwave is currently impacting all eight divisions, including Dhaka. It may continue two more days. After two days, rain will likely to occurr in Dhaka and some other places on Saturday (May 18). Both day and night temperatures are anticipated to rise slightly, which may increase discomfort due to higher ...

In a new circular, the Supreme Court administration on Wednesday (May 15) said that lawyers must wear gowns while hearing cases in both divisions of the Supreme Court from Sunday (May 19). The circular, undersigned by Supreme Court Registrar General Golam Rabbani, said the notification which relaxed the requirement for lawyers to wear gowns while hearing cases in both  divisions ...

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu on Wednesday described his Bangladesh visit as an effort to ‘rebuild the trust’ between the people of the two countries. “Last year, there were a lot of tension between US and Bangladesh,” he told reporters in a brief statement, noting that they want to look forward, reports ...

The United States wants to help Bangladesh fight climate change, and Bangladesh in turn wants to deepen its relations with the US through this fight, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said on Wednesday, reports UNB. The bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the United States will be strengthened in the coming days based on the initiatives related ...

Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali has been suffering from COVID-19. Because of it, he has been taking part in different programmes of his ministry through online. It was disclosed by Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan, Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) of the Cabinet Division, while briefing newsmen after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) and the Cabinet ...