Bangladesh

The King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will visit the special economic zone (SEZ) at Madhabram area under Bhogdanga union of Kurigram Sadar upazila on Thursday (March 28). Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) Executive Chairman and Senior Secretary Sheikh Yusuf Harun confirmed the information in an exchange meeting with journalists. The meeting was organized by Kurigram Press Club, seeking ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested nine members of a train ticket black marketing syndicate, including an official of shohoz.com, the ticket-selling partner of Bangladesh Railway. The arrestees are Shohoz official Mizan Dhali, 48, the alleged kingpin of the syndicate; his nephew Sohel Dhali, 30; Md Sumon, 39; Jahangir Alam, 49; Shahjalal Hossain, 42; Md Rasel, 24; Joynal Abedin, 46; Sabur ...

A fire that broke out at a clothing warehouse on the second floor of a three-storey building in Demra area of the capital on Thursday night has been brought under control after 8 hours. On Friday morning while speaking to the media, Fire Service Incident Commander Lt Col Md Rezaul Karim said the affected building in Bhanga Press area and ...

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said Bangladesh will welcome German investment in the renewable energy sector. “If Germany comes forward with technology and financial support in grant or loan, Bangladesh will welcome it,” he said during his meeting with the German State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action of the Federal Foreign ...

There will be not exams for the students up to class III and they will be assessed by their performance in the class, said the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education. Secretary Farid Ahmed of the ministry told this to the media at the Secretariat in the capital on Thursday. According to the new education curriculum, students will be assessed ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) founder Husayn Muhammad Ershad’s son Rahgir Al Mahi Saad Ershad has been relieved of the party. JaPa chairman GM Quader relieved 10 central leaders including Saad Ershad of the party on Thursday (March 21). These leaders have joined JaPa led by Raushan Ershad. In a release signed by GM Quader-led JaPa’s joint secretary Mahmud Alam, it was ...

The first phase of 152 upazila elections will be held on May 8. The Election Commission (EC) announced the date on Thursday after the meeting of the election commissioners. The last date for submission of nomination paper pn April 15. The nomination papers will be scrutinised on April 17 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 22, ...

This year, the rate of minimum Sadakatul Fitra has been fixed at Taka 115 per head, while the maximum amount is Taka 2,970. The maximum Fitra was Tk 2,640 in the previous year. The National Fitra Determination Committee took the decision at a meeting held at the Islamic Foundation Baitul Mukarram conference room on Thursday afternoon. The rate of Fitra is fixed ...

The construction and road repair works across the country will remain suspended for 10-day before and after Eid-ul-Azha to make the Eid jouney smoother. ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, made the announcement at a meeting at BRTA Bhaban on Thursday morning. He said to ease the traffic movement, the construction works will be ...

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, arrived at Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Wednesday afternoon to visit the Rohingya camps in the district. She arrived Ukhiya Rohingya camp by an army helicopter from Noakhali’s Bhasan Char at around 1:30 pm. Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shahin Imran, Police Superintendent Mahfuzur Rahman and officials of the Swedish ...