Bangladesh

Education Ministry will not file any appeal petition against the High Court order keeping primary and secondary schools and madrasas closed till May 2 (Thursday) amid the extreme heat. Now, the schools and madrasas will remain closed till Thursday. Md Abul Khayer, public relation officer of the ministry, confirmed this on Tuesday. He said there is no opportunity to file ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the High Court’s bail order given earlier to BNP joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon in a case filed over the murder of two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders. Lawyers presenting Khokon said that he has no legal bar now to walk out. An eight-member bench of the Appellate Division ...

The Bangladeshi ship, MV Abdullah, which has recently been freed from Somali pirates, left for home from the Al Hamriya Port in Dubai early Tuesday (April 30). MV Abdullah’s captain Abdur Rashid said the ship, loaded around 56,000 tonnes of limestone, left the UAE port of Mina Saqr around 2am (UAE time). All the 23 sailors would return by the ...

Bangladesh and Austria have agreed to conclude a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on “migration and mobility” soon to begin skill mobility from Bangladesh to Austria. Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud held a bilateral meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna on Monday and discussed the issue. He particularly highlighted that ICT professionals from Bangladesh can contribute to Austrian companies, ...

Hours after the High Court order on keeping schools and madrasas closed till May 2 amid the heat wave, Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel said that he would file an appeal petition seeking withdrawal of the directive.

The High Court (HC) has directed the authorities concerned to keep primary and secondary schools, and madrasas closed until Thursday due to the ongoing heatwave sweeping across the country. The HC bench comprising Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat came up with the order in a suo moto (voluntary) rule on Monday. Extreme heatwave is sweeping over the ...

The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education announced that classes of all government primary schools, child welfare trust schools, and learning centres under the education bureau will remain closed till Thursday (May 2) due to the severe heatwave that is sweeping over the country. A notification signed by Senior Information Officer of the ministry, Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin, on Monday, said ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Bangkok on Monday morning, wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:25 am. Earlier, the flight departed from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok at 10:10 am local time. According to BSS reports, the ...

Since its inauguration, the Padma Bridge has significantly boosted government revenue, collecting a staggering Tk 1500 crore in tolls from the myriad of vehicles that have traversed this architectural marvel, reports UNB. Amirul Islam Chowdhury, additional director of the Padma Bridge Site office, reported, “As of Saturday at 11:59 pm, a total of Tk 1,502,62,15,900 in tolls has been collected, ...

BNP on Sunday slammed the government for imposing restrictions on journalists’ access to the Bangladesh Bank offices, saying the move was taken to hide the corruption and plunder perpetrated by Awami League ministers, MPs and their close associates. Speaking at a demonstration, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said a huge amount of money has been looted ...