Bangladesh

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has highlighted Bangabandhu’s contributions in the nation-building and liberation of Bangladesh. He noted that Bangabandhu’s life and ideals continue to guide the special relations between India and Bangladesh as the two countries work together towards a brighter and more prosperous future for their peoples. The High Commissioner also acknowledged the role being played ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said it will be very unfortunate if India takes any step against the will of the people of Bangladesh. Talking to reporters on the grave premises of BNP founder late Ziaur Rahman on Saturday (August 19), he said their party hopes that India will respect the democratic aspirations of the people of ...

A five-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the alleged assault of Hosne Ara, the member of parliament from the reserved seat for women in Jamalpur-Sherpur, by a local Awami League leader of Jamalpur. The committee, headed by Jamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, vice president of Islampur upazila Awami League, was formed on Friday. The committee has been asked to ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from Evercare Hospital in the capital on Monday or Tuesday. A member of a medical board that formed for the treatment of Khaleda Zia told the newsman of Friday night that the physical condition of BNP chairperson has been improved and the medical board kept her under close observation of ...

Twenty-three sacks of taka were found in eight donation vaults of Kishoreganj’s historical Pagla Mosque on Saturday morning. Now, counting is going. The eight donation vaults were opened under the supervision of Kazi Mohua Mamtaz, additional district magistrate and donation boxes opening committee’s convener, at 8am on Saturday. Deputy commissioner Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad confirmed it. He said the counting ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-15) is conducting raids on arms manufacturing factories and hideouts of dacoits in remote hills of Rangikhali area of Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar. RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin made the disclosure on Friday night. Detailed information will be briefed to the media after the operation, he added.

The 14-party alliance spokesperson Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said since the landslide defeat in 2008 general elections, the BNP has been in fear to join any elections. “BNP fears polls. So, they are hatching various conspiracies to thwart elections. None will be allowed to go to power without polls. None will be allowed to reverse the country’s development spree,” ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said the e-passport service will be introduced in 80 Bangladesh missions across the world soon. “Currently, e-passports are being issued from 72 offices in 64 districts of the country. We have already installed e-gates at the airport,” he said while inaugurating the e-passport programme at the Bangladesh Embassy, Brussels, Belgium, BSS reports. The ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the ruling AL wants peaceful elections in the country, but BNP wants to disrupt the polls. “BNP is known as a terrorist party… It is to see – to whom sanctions and visa policy would be applied,” he told a discussion on Dhaka University campus here. ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the newly launched “Universal Pension Scheme” is a trick to steal people’s money. “The Awami League government has discovered a new trick to steal people’s money. They have claimed that they will provide pension. This new pension scheme is a new trick to steal money from people’s pockets. They will ...