Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Spanish investments will be welcomed in any sector of Bangladesh for mutual benefits as Spain’s ambassador to Bangladesh Francisco de Asis Benitez Salas paid a farewell call on her. “They (Spain’s entrepreneurs) are welcomed. They can invest in any sector of their choice in Bangladesh,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as ...

Dhaka University and Bijoy Sarani metro stations opened to public on Wednesday (December 13) morning. But the duration of the rail services on the Agargaon-Motijheel section will remain same –from 7:30am to 11:30am. The inauguration of DU station has created a milestone in student connectivity. The students can now easily reach the university by train. It has been most effective ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has made his wife Sherifa Quader as the party presidium member. JaPa’s joint office secretary Mahmud Alam confirmed it on Tuesday (December 12). He said JaPa chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has made the party chairman’s adviser and Jatiya Sangskritik Party president Sherifa Quader as the party presidium member, which has already been come ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa)’s chief patron and leader of the opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad has requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina not to form an alliance or reach a consensus with her party in any way. She made the request meeting the prime minister at Ganabhaban in the capital early Tuesday (December 12) afternoon. Raushan Ershad was accompanied by her son ...

At least seven arson attacks were recorded in 24 hours till 6 am on Tuesday, Fire Service said. A total of seven vehicles were set on fire by arsonists during this period and five of those were set ablaze in different places of Dhaka on Monday and early Tuesday, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defence ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said there is no possibility to change their decision regarding independent candidates despite the objections of the alliance partners and discomfort of the party candidates. “There is no alternative to competition and no chance of holding uncontested elections,” he said at a press briefing at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi political office ...

A bus of ‘Bahon Paribahan’ was set on fire in the capital’s Gulistan area on Tuesday when the BNP and like-minded parties are observing their 11 phase of 36-hour blockade across the country. Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Lima Khanom said receiving information at about 9:58am, two fire-fighting units went to the scene and doused the fire. Today ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the weekly cabinet meeting on Monday asked authorities concerned to build jetties or terminals at convenient coastal areas after carrying out survey within quickest possible time. The meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with the premier in the chair, reports BSS. Later, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain held a press conference at ...

BNP on Monday expressed concern that many jailed BNP leaders and activists have been pushed towards death because of alleged torture and substandard food supplied to them. “The active leaders and workers of the opposition party being subjected to various inhumane torture and attitude inside and outside the prison to suppress them. Prisoners are being tortured indescribably and brutally,” said ...

The Election Commission (EC) is to deploy armed forces across the country ahead of the upcoming 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls, officials said here on Monday. “The election commission (EC) wants us (armed forces) to be deployed to stage a free and fair election in a healthy atmosphere. We ensured them of all out support,” armed forces division’s principal staff ...