Bangladesh

The construction and road repair works across the country will remain suspended for 10-day before and after Eid-ul-Azha to make the Eid jouney smoother. ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, made the announcement at a meeting at BRTA Bhaban on Thursday morning. He said to ease the traffic movement, the construction works will be ...

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, arrived at Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Wednesday afternoon to visit the Rohingya camps in the district. She arrived Ukhiya Rohingya camp by an army helicopter from Noakhali’s Bhasan Char at around 1:30 pm. Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shahin Imran, Police Superintendent Mahfuzur Rahman and officials of the Swedish ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Wednesday made a courtesy call on State Minister for Planning Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker at his office at the Ministry of Planning. During the meeting, they discussed issues related to bilateral interests like trade and commerce, export of agricultural products, infrastructural development, development projects and various issues related to mutual interests, said a press ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs ministry has recommended extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for another six months on previous conditions. “We had so far extended the suspension of Begum Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence by seventh time. Today we are again recommending for extension of her jail term suspension for another six months on two ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP Convener Amanullah Aman, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail, in a case filed over amassing wealth illegally and concealing information. But he will have to take permission from the court if want to go abroad. A five-member bench of the Appellate ...

The exit ramp of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway’s Karwan Bazar section opened to traffic on Wednesday morning. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the ramp around 11am. Vehicles from Uttara will be able to get down at Moghbazar, Hatirjheel and Karwan Bazar areas through this ramp. “This is the Eid gift to countrymen from the prime minister,” Obaidul Quader said. ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned of the Bangladesh University of Textile (BUTEX) to implement a world-standard academic curriculum based on information technology (IT). The President, also the Chancellor of the universities came up with the directive as a BUTEX delegation led by its Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Engr. Shah Alimuzzaman Belal paid a courtesy call on him ...

BNP vice-chairman Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram has said Sakib (Al Hasan) had expressed his willingness to join politics visiting his residence, but left without receiving any encouragement from him. “Sakib expressed his willingness to join politics coming to my residence, but he left without receiving any encouragement from me,” he said while addressing a press conference convened ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader had no idea about the party’s MP cricketer Sakib Al Hasan to the Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM), also known as ‘kings party’ before the last January 7 election. “I saw the matter on media. I had no idea about it,” he said while addressing a press conference at the Awami League central office at ...

The High Court has directed ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy to vacate his luxurious Gulshan residence within the next three months as it is an abandoned property of the government. The HC bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Ebadat Hossain, delivered its judgement on a writ petition on Tuesday (March 19). The final hearing ...