Bangladesh

    A commercial flight of the British Airways carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the London Heathrow Airport at 11:07am today local time. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Saida Muna Tasneem received the Premier at the airport. The flight had departed the Dulles International Airport, Washington DC, for London at 11:40pm (Washington ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that if BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wishes to go abroad for treatment, she will have to go to jail, and go to court first. “We will be bound to withdraw her treatment process which she is currently receiving at home,” the Premier said in an interview with Voice of America (VOA) on Saturday (30 ...

Laxmipur-3 lawmaker AKM Shajahan Kamal passes away on Saturday morning. He was 82. Confirming the death news, Prof ASM Maksud Kamal, younger brother of the deceased and pro vice chancellor (academic) of Dhaka University, said that his elder brother breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka around 3:30 am. The first namaz-e-janaza for Shajahan Kamal will ...

Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, lawmaker from Brahmanbaria-2 constituency, passed away at a private hospital in the capital early Saturday at the age of 84. He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital at about 3am while underwent treatment there. MP Abdus Sattar had been suffering from kidney problem for a long time, said his only son Mainul Hasan, adding that, his father ...

  Speakers at a high-level panel discussion ‘Empowering Women in Maritime and Oceans Diplomacy’ praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership to encourage women in the maritime industry including inducting women in the marine academy. The event was organised by Bangladesh High Commission, London at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on Wednesday. High Commissioner for Bangladesh to the UK Saida Muna ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the upcoming general election cannot be held under the existing constitution in any way. He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a women’s rally organised by Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal in front of the BNP central office at Nayapaltan in the capital on Friday afternoon. The rally was ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) as her health condition deteriorated earlier on Friday, has been shifted back to her cabin at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. According to the decision and advice of the medical board formed for her treatment, the BNP chairperson was shifted back to the cabin at around 2:00pm on ...

The United States has said it expects that the government of Bangladesh will take all necessary actions to maintain the safety and security of all foreign missions and personnel in the country, including those from the US. “The United States values its relationship with Bangladesh,” US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at a regular briefing on Thursday, September ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked officials of the Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC to work with sincerity and patriotism to further enhance the country’s image. “Discharge duties with utmost sincerity, professionalism, honesty and patriotism to further enhance the country’s image,” she said. The Prime Minister made the remarks while exchanging views with the officials while visiting Bangladesh Embassy in ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has visited Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC. The prime minister laid the foundation stone of the Chancery Building in 1997, and inaugurated it in 2000. On her arrival at the embassy on Wednesday, the PM was received by Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Muhammad Imran with a flower bouquet, said a message from the mission, UNB ...