Bangladesh

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said it could not be possible to make contact with the Somalian pirates to rescue 23 sailors along with the Bangladesh owned ship MV Abdullah which was hijacked in the Indian Ocean. “We’re trying to rescue the sailors safely through a third party and the government has already communicated with relevant international bodies,” he ...

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury today said the foreign ministry in association with international communities is trying to rescue Bangladeshi hijacked vessel and its crew members. Talking to journalists at his secretariat office, he said cooperation has also been sought from Bangladesh Navy to rescue the cargo vessel which has been hijacked with 23 crew members in the ...

The UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, with other humanitarian partners, on Wednesday called on the international community to redouble efforts to protect and assist the forcibly displaced Rohingyas and their host communities. Bangladesh is generously hosting nearly a million Rohingyas, most of whom fled Myanmar seven years ago. The 2024 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis is being ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP leaders are irrationally placing the issue of dialogue in media but the BNP’s demand of dialogue is meaningless as the party is isolated from people. In a statement on Wednesday, he said the BNP’s proposal of holding dialogue, he said BNP leaders’ demand of dialogue is meaningless. “BNP was involved ...

Sweden Crown Princess Victoria will visit Bangladesh on March 18–21 as part of her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP Assistant Secretary General Ulrika Modéer and Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Johan Forssell, will accompany her during the visit. This would be her first ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday evening for health checkup. She will be taken to the hospital around 6:30pm from her Gulshan residence ‘Firoza’. The BNP Chairperson’s press wing officer Shamsuddin Didar confirmed it. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence on January 11 last after staying under treatment at ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the government is determined to create a labour-friendly environment in the country as he addressed International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body’s 350th session in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday. “The government is pledge-bound to form a labour-friendly environment in the country and is taking every possible step to build necessary labour-relations ...

No extortion will be tolerated in any sector including transportation of goods and strict action will be taken against extortion, said Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Tuesday. He asked the field-level police officers to perform their duties with sincerity to control the prices of commodities, UNB reports. The IGP came up with the information while talking to ...

The Annual Development Program (ADP) has been revised with its allocation reduced by Tk 18,000 crore or 6.84 per cent from the original ADP size of Tk 2,63,000 crore for the current fiscal. After the reduction due to ministries’ inability to spend their allocated funds, the size of the revised ADP (RADP) now stands at Tk 2,45,000 crore. The revised ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday set March 19 to deliver the judgment against 18 people, including Hallmark Group Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud and his wife Jasmine Islam. After concluding cross examination, Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 Judge Md Abul Kashem fixed the date. Mir Ahmmed Salam, lawyer of the Anti-Corruption, confirmed this. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Saifur Rahman and Keshav Roy ...