Bangladesh

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place a national budget of over Tk 7.61 lakh crore for the next fiscal year (FY24) at the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday (June 1) with a major focus on containing inflation, generating jobs, efforts towards building a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ and addressing the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). The budget size of Tk ...

The High Court has upheld a trial court verdict that sentenced BNP leaders Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman to jail in corruption cases. An HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu delivered the judgement after dismissing the appeals filed by Aman and his wife challenging the lower court verdict. The HC ...

The High Court on Tuesday upheld BNP leader Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku’s nine years’ jail term given by a trial court in a graft case. The court also ordered him to surrender within two weeks before a trial court. An HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khijir Hayat pronounced the judgement. ACC Deputy Director Golam Shahrier ...

Bangladesh wants Britain’s cooperation in tackling climate-related risk, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Monday. “According to the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Bangladesh needs a huge amount of money to implement 113 programmes. It is difficult for Bangladesh to implement and achieve climate tolerance without international and bilateral cooperation. So we are expecting cooperation and ...

While Bangladesh seeks to diversify its economy and in particular its exports, it also should improve working conditions and wages in the RMG sector and beyond, said a UN expert on Monday. “There is ample room for increasing the minimum wage,” UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter at the end of a 12-day visit ...

Bangladesh and China on Sunday reviewed the ongoing efforts for repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar smoothly and on an expedited basis. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen thanked the Chinese government for making sincere efforts for the safe and quick repatriation of the displaced population, UNB reports. Momen and Vice Foreign Minister of China Sun Weidon agreed ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday set July 13 for holding hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others. The date was announced by Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2, as the defence lawyers pleaded for time on Begum Zia’s poor health ground. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said that the US visa policy has created a huge pressure on the BNP as the party has no scope of resisting the elections. “At a press briefing of the US State Department, they said that they have no headache over the caretaker government system. They want ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought firm commitment of the international communities, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to ensure safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingyas. “We need strong commitment from international communities, including the OIC, to ensure safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingyas,” she said. The Premier made the remarks when OIC Secretary General Hissein ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh doesn’t want any more conflict rather it wants to improve the quality of people’s lives. “We don’t want any more unrest, conflict. We want to improve the quality of people’s lives. And we always wish it,” she said. In this regard, Sheikh Hasina referred to the peaceful democratic environment that prevailing in the ...