Bangladesh

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said he held talks with two representatives from the US Embassy in Dhaka over the labour rights in the country. He said the US has requested the Bangladesh government to simplify the rules and regulations for exercising trade union righst at the industries and factories. The US also wants that the Bangladesh government would introduce ...

In an address on Sunday at the Awami League President’s office in Dhanmondi, General Secretary of the party and Road Transport and Bridges Minister, Obaidul Quader, dismissed the notion that the government is desperate for validation. “There’s no reason to believe that the elected government is in a desperate situation, waiting like a Chatok bird for someone’s recognition,” Quader declared. ...

The High Court (HC) on Sunday ordered Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to dispose 10 separate cases filed against BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas after accepting his bail prayer. The court also asked the CMM court to dispose two cases filed with New Market and Dhanmondi Police Stations against BNP’s Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie. An HC bench of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the exporters to be more careful to bring back the money, which is used in export purpose, and maintain balance in import and export. “We need to urgently maintain balance in import and export. I will urge everyone to be more careful about that purpose,” she said. The prime minister said this while ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a two-day black flag processions to press home its one-point demand to release of all leaders, including party Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The party will organise the black flag processions in all district towns on January 26 and in metropolitan cities on January 27. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a press ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader has said they have not received any ‘signal’ yet whether they are going to become the opposition in parliament. “A meeting of Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP) was held on Thursday. According to a resolution of the meeting, I was proposed as the leader of the opposition, Anisul Islam Mahmud was as deputy leader ...

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Saturday said Bangladesh-India relations are growing from strength to strength. “Look forward to receiving him in Delhi soon,” he said as he met his Bangladesh counterpart Dr Hasan Mahmud on the sidelines of the 19th NAM Summit, reports UNB. Jaishankar said he is glad to meet with his new Bangladesh counterpart, Hasan ...

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday called for peaceful settlement of global disputes and promotion of culture of peace in the world. He made the remark while speaking at the 19th NAM Summit in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, as the head of Bangladesh delegation, said a foreign ministry press release issued in Dhaka. In his speech, the Foreign ...

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. “The Secretariat stands ready to support you as Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in continuing your important work on these values (transparency and accountability, and friendship to all, malice towards none,” she said in a congratulatory letter sent to the Prime Minister, reports UNB. In ...

Metro rail will ply on Uttara-Motijheel route from morning to night from Saturday (January 20). At present, the metro rail runs on Uttara-Agargaon-Uttara route from 7:30am to 8:30pm and on Uttara-Motijheel-Uttara route from 7:30am to 11:30am. On Thursday at a press conference, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) authorities said according to the passengers’ demand, they extended the metro rail’s ...