Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi youth was stabbed to death by miscreants at Best Area Falguz area in South Africa on Friday morning. The killing took place at Falguz area of ​​South Africa’s Best Area around 11am on Friday. The victim was identified as Emraj Hossain Sumon, 28, son of Abul Khayer, hailed from Jagatpur village in Feni’s Daganbhuiyan municipality. The victim’s uncle ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked all concerned to take effective steps for availing maximum benefits and facilities after the country’s graduation from the LDCs in 2026 and also to devise strategies to face the challenges following the graduation. She gave the directive while chairing the 2nd meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) of the ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that BNP wants nullify the meaning of the independence, as they did not believe the spirit of the War of Liberation and democracy. “Every person of the country is now getting benefits of the freedom. People never responded to the fascist philosophy of BNP, which ...

Over 272,000 premature deaths occur in Bangladesh per year due to air pollution, unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene, and lead exposure, says a new report of the World Bank. The report titled ‘Building Back a Greener Bangladesh: Country Environmental Analysis 2023’ was revealed at a city hotel in presence of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, ...

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said 80 per cent of BNP leaders and activists faced torture unleashed by the ‘fascist’ Awami League government. “They can’t retain power without unleashing torture and suppressing people. Their first victim of suppression is BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and she is fighting for,” he said. Mirza Fakhrul said these at a programme ...

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck today visited the special economic zone (SEZ) in Madhabram area under Bhogdanga union of Kurigram Sadar upazila. State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat and BEZA Executive Chairman Shaikh Yusuf Harun, among others, accompanied the King. Bhutan has already conveyed its appreciation to Bangladesh for offering the SEZ in Kurigram, which is ...

A 19-year-old Bangladeshi man was killed by the police in New York, USA. A teen was reportedly in mental distress and called 911 seeking help was fatally shot by the police in his Queens home on Wednesday after, officials said, he threatened officers with a pair of scissors and they opened fire, according to The New York Times. But his ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has said the history of proclamation of independence in 1971 by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was distorted after his assassination in 1975. “Bangabandhu’s independence proclamation was spread through wireless and his party men reached it elsewhere of the country. But after his assassination, the history was distorted,” she ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence by another six months. A gazette notification, signed by the ministry’s Public Safety Division’s deputy director Mohammad Abu Sayeed Molla was issued on Wednesday (March 27). According to the gazette notification, the extension of the suspension of Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:     London/Dhaka, March 24, 2024 – Prottaya Cultural Organisation Bangladesh has released a unique audio music CD album titled “Chiro Bhaskar Mujib” to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh. The Album was launched to celebrate Bangabandhu’s Birth Centenary and Golden Jubilee of Independence of Bangladesh ...