Bangladesh

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen today said China never intervenes in internal affairs of other countries. “A friend in need is a friend indeed. A certain foreign country claims itself to be Bangladesh’s friend and keeps talking about human rights, democracy and free and fair elections in Bangladesh. In the meantime, they are also imposing unilateral visa restrictions and ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused the government of pushing the country towards a confrontational situation to hold another lopsided election. Speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office, he also alleged that the government is moving ahead with its plan to hold the one-sided polls by arresting and jailing the active BNP ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has appealed for a writ challenging the legality of bringing three foreigners to the country to testify against her in the Niko graft case. Barrister Kayser Kamal, lawyer of Khaleda Zia, submitted the application on behalf her to the High Court on Wednesday. He said, “The permission given to foreign witnesses coming to the country ...

BNP’s Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was picked up by police from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka early Wednesday. Police arrived at the house of Annie around 2.00am and asked the BNP leader to go with them to the police station, said Zahir Uddin Swapan, chief coordinator of BNP’s media cell, UNB reports. Dhanmondi Police Station officer-in-charge Parvez Islam ...

A fire that broke out at a commercial building in the city’s Uttara area has been doused after around three and a half hours of frantic efforts. The fire originated at a restaurant on the eighth floor of the 14-storey Syed Grand Centre around 1:15 am on Wednesday and then engulfed the 6th and 7th floors, said Fire Service and ...

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured after a bus hit another bus from behind at Trishal upazila in Mymensingh district on Wednesday. The accident took place around 8:30 am on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Chelerghat area. Five of the deceased were identified as Jesmin Akter, 25, Sirajul Islam, 30, Liton Miah, 32, Sohel Miah, 35, and ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina addresses a grand rally on Tuesday at the newly constructed Dr Kazi Abu Yusuf Stadium in Bhanga, organized by the Faridpur District AL marking inauguration of the Dhaka-Mawa section of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project. Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to vote for her ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said that the ruling Awami League has doomed the country by turning it into a paradise for plunderers. “They (govt) have ruined the country…the economic indicators are starting to go down, remittances and garment exports are decreasing,” he said, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader also said the ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Evercare Hospital in Bashundhara area of the capital at 6:30 pm on Tuesday. Khaleda Zia’s doctor A ZM Zahid Hossain, Abdullah Al Mamun and daughter-in-law Sharmila Rahman Sinthi are present in the hospital. Earlier on September 29, Khaleda Zia was taken to the CCU from the ...

New country representative of UNHCR to Bangladesh Sumbul Rizvi has presented her credentials to Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital today. Welcoming the new country representative to Bangladesh, the foreign minister assured her of necessary supports of the Government in executing her duties. He appreciated the persistent engagement of UNHCR ...