Bangladesh

The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be published on Sunday (November 26). A total of 13,59,342 students, who have took part in the exams, are eagerly waiting for the results. Inter-Education Board Coordination Sub-committee sources said the results will officially be handed over to the Prime Minister in the morning on that day and, ...

Bangladesh Awami League will hold a views-exchange meeting with the nomination aspirants of the 12th parliamentary elections on Sunday (26 November). The meeting will be held at Ganabhaban at 10am with Awami League and its parliamentary nomination board President Sheikh Hasina in the chair, UNB reports. This was announced in a press release signed by Awami League Office Secretary Barrister ...

Bangladesh has underlined the need for early conclusion of the Teesta agreement and other water-sharing treaties of common rivers as foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India held a meeting at Hyderabad House here this afternoon. In the meeting styled Bangladesh-India Foreign Office Consultation (FOC), the Bangladesh side also stressed on removing trade barriers from Bangladesh’s exportable goods and uninterrupted supply ...

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) has released the list (partial) of names of candidates in 181, out of 300, seats for the upcoming 12th parliamentary election. It will also publish the complete list after finalising the candidates in rest of the seats by November 30 next. The list was released at a press conference held at the party’s central office in ...

The British High Commission Dhaka has organised a multi-stakeholder climate discussion at the High Commissioner’s Residence on 23 November 2023. “Towards COP28: Building momentum for climate action” titled discussion brought together representatives from policymakers, academic, private sectors, civil society, youth and media. The purpose of this discussion was to understand the expectations and views of different stakeholders to inform the ...

The ruling Awami League has finalised the nomination of its candidates in four divisions of the country so far to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader disclosed it on Friday. Quader, who is also the member-secretary of Awami League Election Conducting Committee, also said the candidates of ‘Boat’ election symbol in 300 constituencies ...

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen had a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Vinay Kwatra at Hydrabad House in New Delhi on Friday. This was the second Foreign Office Consultations between Bangladesh and India this year. The first one was held in February in Dhaka. At the Foreign Office Consultations, the two countries usually discuss all the major issues of ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled its two leaders for their alleged involvement in anti-organisational activities. The expelled leaders are Matiur Rahman Montu, a BNP national executive committee member and former General Secretary of Rajshahi District BNP, and Dewan Nazim Uddin Manju, president of Dhaka Dhamrai Municipality unit BNP. The party informed this through a press statement, signed by ...

A delegation of top 14 leaders of nine political parties met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital on Thursday evening, ahead of the 12th parliamentary election slated for January 7. During the meeting, they discussed about the overall situation related to holding the upcoming national elections, according to an official release of the Prime ...

Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has met Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader ahead of the upcoming 12th parliamentary election. He met Quader at the room of the party’s office secretary at the Awami League president’s political office at Dhanmondi in the capital at about 6:00pm. Shakib went to the AL president’s political office at 6:00pm and left at 6:50pm. However, ...