Bangladesh

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said those who are responsible for killing four people including child by setting fire on moving train won’t be spared. “The arson attack on moving train in Bangladesh was as like as those attacks are being carried out on Palestinians by Israeli forces. The arsonists won’t get spared,” he said while inaugurating ...

At least four people were killed as miscreants set three coaches of Mohanganj Express train in Dhaka’s Tejgaon Railway Station on Tuesday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Nadira Akter Poppy, 35, and her three-year-old son Md Yasin, according to Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost. Three compartments of the Mohanganj Express train were set on ...

The Election Commission (EC) has taken zero tolerance stance regarding holding the 12th parliament election in a peaceful and neutral manner and none will be spared in case of violation of electoral code and conduct, said Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Rtd) Ahsan Habib Khan. Speaking at a view-exchange meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s office conference room, he said in case ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for united efforts of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) states to establish peace in Gaza of Palestine. “The OIC member countries will have to work in unison to establish peace in Gaza,” she said when Qatar Ambassador to Bangladesh Seraya Ali Mahdi Saeed Al-Qahtani paid a courtesy call on her at her ...

Hartal-blockade supporters were responsible for setting fire to the ‘Mohanganj Express’ train in Tejgaon in the capital early Tuesday, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman. “We suspect that the supporters of hartal-blockade, are involved in this sabotage. Those who are behind this crime, will not go unpunished. We are trying to identify and arrest those who torched the train.” ...

A daylong hartal, called by BNP and like-minded opposition parties, is underway across the country on Tuesday. They called the hartal to protest the Election Commission’s announced schedule for the next national election under the Awami League-led government. It is the fourth hartal by the opposition parties since October 29, along with eleven blockades, as part of their anti-government movement. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh and Kosovo can increase bilateral trade for mutual benefits. “There are a lot of opportunities to increase the volume of bilateral trade and Kosovo can be greatly benefitted by importing top quality ready-made garments and pharmaceutical products (from Bangladesh) at the affordable price,” she said. She said this when Kosovo Ambassador to ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday permitted to quiz BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury at jail gate in a sabotage case rejecting the remand prayers. Earlier, the case has been filed with Paltan Police Station over attack on the police station and police. After hearing of the remand prayer, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday received Tk 315 crore as the 5th and 7th installments of the loan taken for the construction of Padma Bridge. With these, the Bridges Division has paid a total of Tk 948, 01,19, 585 to the government in total six installments, reports UNB. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader handed over the cheque ...

US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Afreen Akhter, has said the United States has been an important development partner in Bangladesh’s journey. Appreciating Bangladesh’s remarkable progress since its independence, she said, the progress that Bangladesh has made as a country has been truly remarkable, reports UNB. Speaking at a reception recently, the US ...