Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday presided over the regular meeting of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at her official Ganabhaban residence. In the meeting, the Prime Minister, also chairperson of the trust, directed the authorities concerned to expedite the activities of the ongoing projects to complete those quickly, BSS reports. The board of trustees’ ...

Serajul Alam Khan, one of the key organizers of the Liberation War, passed away at intensive care unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday. He breathed his last around 2:30pm while on life support, said DMCH Director Brig Gen Md Nazmul Haque. Serajul Alam Khan was admitted to the hospital on May 20 with old age complications. ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will bring out procession at all metropolitan cities including Dhaka on June 13. BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme on Friday morning at a press conference at the party office. The party men will bring out peaceful procession at all metropolitan cities on June 13 and only in Dhaka on June 16. ...

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of this year will begin across the country on August 17. The Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board published the exam schedule on Thursday. The exams will continue till September 25, as per the routine. Students will sit for the Bangla first paper on the first day.

Bangladesh must immediately suspend a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they “face serious risks” to their lives and liberty, a UN expert said on Thursday. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said there were reports that Bangladeshi authorities were using “deceptive and coercive measures” to compel Rohingya ...

The by-election in the Chittagong-10 constituency, which became vacant following the death of Member of Parliament and former minister Afsarul Ameen, is scheduled to take place on July 30. The voting will be held from 8am to 4pm on that day, using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). EC secretary Md Zahangir Alam declared the schedule after the EC meeting at the ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said there will be no dialogue with the BNP over the issue of a neutral government. “We remember what happened before the last general elections; we held dialogue with them (BNP) twice. What was the result? There was no result. There will be no dialogue with the party (BNP), if they ...

A court in Dhaka on Thursday framed charges against BNP’s joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury in a corruption case. Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Sayed Arafat Rahman framed the charges rejecting an acquittal application filed by Aslam’s lawyer in the morning. During the charge frame, Aslam Chowdhury was produced in the court from jail. He claimed himself innocent in the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said no external force will put BNP in power on a merry-go-round, but they would rather use the party against her government. “They think someone, coming from somewhere else, will put them in power riding a merry-go-round. No one will do that. It will use (them), but won’t give them power,” she said in ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said more electricity will be added to the national grid within the next 10-15 days ending the ongoing power crisis. “We have been compelled to make load-shedding ….I can realize the sufferings of the people. We’ve been trying our best. Some 500 more megawatt electricity will be added within the next day one or two. Yet ...