Bangladesh

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said it is not possible to nationalise private educational institutions before the next general elections. At the same time, she requested the agitating teachers to go back to their classes suspending their programme. She stated it during a meeting with the agitating teachers and leaders of other teachers’ organisations at the International Mother Language ...

The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent exams will be published on July 28. The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka made the announcement on Wednesday. A total of 2,072,163 students under 11 education boards took part in the exams that were held from April 30 to May 28.

The Bangladesh-UK relationship is transitioning to a deeper economic, migration and security partnership, while helping to protect Bangladesh’s development gains, said the British foreign ministry. The UK’s development offer in Bangladesh aligns with the UK government’s Strategy for International Development (IDS) and government of Bangladesh’s strategies and plans, UNB reports. “Bangladesh is an increasingly important strategic partner for the UK ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has called BNP’s nationwide road march program “a march towards defeat.” “Mirza Fakhrul called Tuesday’s BNP march a ‘victory march.’ What victory? Their march was, in fact, a march towards defeat, a journey of decline. It is not a victory march, rather it is a defeat march,” Quader said while addressing the AL rally ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the party’s road march is not just an ordinary road march, rather it is a victory march. “This is a road march to realise our rights. Our only demand is the immediate resignation of Sheikh Hasina led government,” he said while addressing a rally ahead of the road march at Gabtoli ...

The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad’s (PBUH) grandson Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), will be observed in the country on July 29 as the Muharram moon was not sighted in the sky on Tuesday. So, the month of Muharram will start on Thursday (July 20, 2023) while the 30th day of Zilhajj month will be ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday (July 18, 2023) placed two arrested accused on a three-day remand in a case filed over attack on Ashraful Hossain Alam alias Hero Alam, an independent candidate in the just concluded by-election of Dhaka-17 constituency. The remanded accused were Sanwar Kazi, 28 and Biplob Hossain, 31. Earlier, police produced them before the court on ...

The United States has encouraged the government of Bangladesh to investigate any report of violence thoroughly, transparently, and impartially, and to hold the perpetrators of violence to account. “I would say that this type of political violence has no place in democratic elections,” US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told in a regular briefing in Washington on July 17 when ...

The rulling Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will remain on the Dhaka streets today (July 18) as both the party hold counter-programmes. Dhaka city (South) AL brings out a procession at 3pm from Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the capital. It will end at Dhanmondi 32. The party General Secretary Obaidul Quader will join the programme ...

Ruling Awami League backed candidate Mohammad A Arafat has won the by-election to Dhaka-17 constituency. Arafat bagged 28,816 votes while his nearest rival Ashraful Hossen Alom, better known as “Hero Alom,” got 5,609 votes. Senior District Election Officer Md Munir Hussain Khan, returning officer of the Dhaka-17 by-election,made the unofficial announcement of the results at night. A total of 37, ...