Bangladesh

The government is planning to provide 1.5 lakh tonnes of rice to 50 lakh families under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in the upcoming Ramadan, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandar Majumder on Monday. The dealers were asked to collect rice from March 1 which will be distributed within March 10, he said while talking to reporters after attending the deputy ...

A Bangladeshi couple was reportedly shot dead by miscreants in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday evening. The deceased are Md Mohin Bhuiya, 35, son of Md Hossain Bhuiya of North Manikpur village, Ward No 4, Arjuntala Union of Senbag upazila of Noakhali district and his wife Runa Akhter, 22, daughter of Md Liton of Jamadar Bari in Kesharpur Union of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said BGB has been equipping with state-of-the-art technology to ensure foolproof security at the frontiers and tackle transnational crimes. “Smart digital surveillance and technical response system have been installed at borders aimed at ensuring foolproof security and face inter-country terrorism,” she said. The premier was addressing as the chief guest a function marking the ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Singapore for treatment on Monday morning. He alongwith his wife left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:40 am by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. It is learned that he is scheduled to receive treatment at a hospital there. For this the BNP leader is going there for treatment. The ...

A four-day annual conference of Deputy Commissioners (DCs) began in the city on Sunday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the conference at Shapla Hall of her office. She opened the DC Conference-2024 for the first time after assuming office for the record fifth term upon winning the 12th parliamentary election. But, the subsequent working sessions of the conference will ...

Grameen Telecom chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus sought bail on surrender before a Dhaka court on Sunday in a case filed for embezzling Tk 25 crore 22 lakh from the fund reserved for the workers. Dr Yunus’s lawyer Abdullah Al Mamun submitted the bail petition before Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions and Judge Court Judge As-Shams Jaglul Hossain in the morning on behalf ...

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader left Dhaka for Singapore for regular health checkup on Sunday. Obaidul, general secretary of Awami League, left Dhaka around 8:30 am by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. He will return to the country soon after having medical tests at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, according to Sheikh Walid Foyez, information officer of ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin left Dhaka early Sunday for health check in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK). A regular aircraft (Flight No EK-585) of Emirates Airlines, carrying the President and his entourages, took off from the Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport at 1:15 am. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, British high commissioner to Bangladesh, ...

Former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed has admitted about his business and wealth at London in the United Kingdom. However, he has claimed that he did not take any money from Bangladesh to accumulate wealth abroad. Javed, who has also been elected as a member of parliament (MP) for the fourth time from Chattogram-13 (Anwara-Karnaphuli) constituency in the 12th parliamentary ...

Prof Dr Shaheda Obayed, former chairman of Dhaka Education Board, on Saturday launched a new political party ‘Democratic Reforms Party-DRP’ aimed at reforming the country’s existing democratic system. “We want to reform the country’s existing democratic system. We want to promote a healthy political system, coming out of the existing politics of conflicts, blame-game and nepotism,” she said at a ...