Bangladesh

Adv Shahjahan Miah, lawmaker from Patuakhali-1 constituency, passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on Saturday morning. He was 85. He breathed his last at about 6am while undergoing treatment at the hospital, his son Adv Arifuzzaman, municipal Awami League general secretary, confirmed. Shahjahan Miah left behind wife, three sons, one daughter and hosts of relatives ...

Bangladesh is observing a one-day state mourning for Saturday (October 20) commemorating the deaths of Palestinians in Israel attacks. All government, semi-government, autonomous and private institutions and Bangladesh missions abroad are keeping the national flag at half-mast in observance of the mourning day.  

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party doesn’t want to go to power through ‘compromise.’ He said even there is not a single month in hands. Only a few days remain to oust the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina-led government from power. All would have to take to the street with courage. Mirza Fakhrul made the remarks while ...

Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader has directed the leaders and workers of the Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organisations to guard puja mandaps during the Durg Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, that began on Friday . Obaidul Quader also the General Secretary of the ruling AL party made the call while talking to ...

The 8th meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Party will be held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Sunday, reports BSS. AL Parliamentary Party leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting to be held at around 6pm, said a press release of the Parliamentary Secretariat. AL Parliamentary Party Secretary and Chief Whip of Parliament Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury has requested ...

The inauguration date for the Agargaon to Motijheel section of the Dhaka metro rail’s MRT Line-6 has been deferred again. The new opening date is scheduled for November 4. ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, acknowledging the matter on Friday (October 20) said the service would not be opened on October 29. The inauguration ...

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, began on Friday with Maha Sashthi puja at temples across the country. A mood of festivities persists among the devotees irrespective of ages marking the festival while adequate security measures have already been taken in the puja pandals across the country. The five-day festival starts with ‘Bodhon’ of the Goddess ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday labeled BNP as a “terrorist party that kills people.” “BNP is a terrorist party and a party that kills people. They everyday want our resignation and topple us through movement. It’s fine. Let them continue their movement,” she told an event at Sarak Bhabhan at Tejgaon in the capital. The premier said she won’t ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has set November 6 to hold hearing on two separate petitions, including for banning political activities of Jamaat-e-Islami, whose registration as a political party has already been declared illegal. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, set the date on Thursday. The court is also likely ...

Awami League is such a political party which has been cheating people constantly, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. “Awami League is a party of frauds. They have no relation with people,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Thursday. Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote organised the discussion ...