Bangladesh

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said there is no possibility of any punitive measures or sanctions by any country against Bangladesh before the next national elections. He said this while speaking to reporters at the State Guest House Padma after his meeting with Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation Diana Janse on Monday. The minister ...

The opening date of Dhaka metro rail’s Agargaon to Motijheel route has been postponed to October 29. Earlier, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader announced that the Motijheel section of the metro rail would be inaugurated on October 20. Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary ABM Amin Ullah Nuri conveyed this to the media while Dhaka Mass Transit Company ...

There may have been firecracker-like objects and chemicals in parcels at the delivery section of the SA Paribahan office at Kakrail of the capital, where a fire broke out on Monday morning, said fire service official. Lt Col Rezaul Karim, director (training) of Fire Service and Civil Defence, told this while briefing the reporters on fire incident on the spot. ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s death risk is very high, said her medical board on Monday. “She needs liver transplant immediately and this facility is not available in Bangladesh. The treatment she is currently receiving is adhoc treatment. We’ve done all that we can. She needs to be taken abroad urgently for advanced treatment.,” said Prof FM Siddiue, member of the ...

The government will procure 7 lakh tonnes of paddy and rice from the millers and marginal farmers across the country during the ongoing Aman season, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Sunday. Two lakh tonnes of paddy, 4 lakh tonnes boiled rice and one lakh tonnes of Atap rice will be procured at a cost of Tk 30, Tk ...

Japan wants dignified return of forcibly displaced Rohingyas, now sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland, Myanmar. Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Masahiro Komura made the statement on Sunday when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence, Ganabhaban. PM’s press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the reporters after the call on. He said that Japan also ...

Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan on Sunday urged judges and lawyers to refrain from any form of politicisation of the judiciary. “The goal of justice can only be achieved by performing the collective and meritorious duties by judges and lawyers here and only then the dignity of the judiciary will remain intact,” he said. “It is my hope that this judicial ...

Due to a technical problem of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, 268 passengers have been stuck at Dubai airport for over 10 hours. The Biman flight, BG348, was scheduled to fly back to Dhaka at 12:05 am (local time) on Sunday (October 8). Tahera Khandaker, general manager for public relations at Biman Bangladesh Airlines, stated that after the passengers boarded, ...

Former director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL) Proshanto Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, has been jailed for 22 years in a case filed over amassing wealth illegally and money laundering. Thirteen other accused in the case were also jailed for seven years each in two sections. PK Halder was jailed for 10 years for illegally ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam held a very cordial meeting with KOMURA Masahiro, the Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan, at the State Guest House Padma in the capital this evening. The Japanese vice minister, who is visiting Bangladesh for the soft launch of the 3rd terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, expressed his satisfaction ...