Bangladesh

Leader of the Opposition in parliament and Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader has held a meeting with US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter D Haas. They held an hour-long meeting at the US Embassy in Dhaka on Wednesday (March 6) afternoon. The meeting continued till 4:00pm starting at 3:00pm. GM Quader was accompanied by his political adviser Mashrur Mowla. Asked ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the RAB to further strengthen their drives against food hoarding and the circulation of counterfeit currencies ahead of Ramadan and Eid, along with taking tougher legal action against militancy, terrorism, drug abuse, and teenagers’ gang culture. “Some of our unscrupulous traders keep hoarding the commodities, which we require the most during the month of ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin reached United Kingdom (UK) from United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday night (Bangladesh Time) for a health check up. “The President reached London at 04:30 pm (London time) from Dubai starting to fly at 12:30 pm (local time) on Tuesday by an aircraft of Emirates Airlines,” Md Ashequn Nabi Chowdhury, press minister at the High Commission of Bangladesh in ...

Though 41 hours have passed, Chattogram’s S Alam Refined Sugar Mills’ fire is still burning. Fire Service members are trying to douse the blaze completely, but it was not possible till 9am on Wednesday. Total 10 fire-fighting units are working there. The officials of the Fire Service said it would take time to extinguish the fire fully. MD Abdul Khaleq, ...

The two-day annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) started on Wednesday. Voting began at 10am and will continue till 5pm with an hour lunch break. A total of 7,883 lawyers can cast their votes in the elections. BNP-Jamaat-backed blue panel is participating in the elections, despite several allegations. Senior lawyers Abu Sayeed Sagor and Shah Monjurul Hoque ...

Veteran journalist Sayed Kamaluddin, editor of the weekly Holiday, has passed away at a city hospital. He was 85. “My father breathed his last at about 2:30 pm at Evercare Hospital on Tuesday. He was suffering from kidney-related complications,” his son Talat Kamal told the media. Kamal served as the former press minister of Bangladesh in Washington, DC. He began ...

Seeking Deputy Commissioners help to fight against spread of falsehood and disinformation, state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has said only the registered and professionals online portals will be allowed to operate to ensure accountability and discipline in the media industry. Arafat said this at a meeting with Deputy Commissioners on Tuesday, the third day of ongoing ...

The Speedy Trial (amendment) Bill 2024 was passed in parliament on Tuesday aiming to make it a permanent legislation instead of implementing it step by step. Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan Kamal moved the bill and it was passed by voice vote, reports UNB. The main opposition Jatiya Party strongly opposed the bill saying that the law is used to oppress ...

A five-day long 54th director general level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Forces (BSF) of India began on Tuesday (March 5, 2024) at the BGB Headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka on Tuesday. A 16-member Bangladesh delegation led by BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui and a nine-member Indian delegation led by Border Security ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated that the forcibly displaced Rohingyas must be returned to their own country, Myanmar, in a dignified manner. “The forcibly displaced Rohingyas must be returned to their homeland in a dignified way,” she said while Dr Payam Akhavan called on her at her Sangsad Bhaban office, reports BSS. Dr Payam is the lawyer of ...