Bangladesh

The ruling Awami Lwague has announced its 8-day non-stop programmes starting from September 23. After a meeting, the party joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif announced the programmes, to be held in Dhaka outside the capital, on Tuesday from its Dhanmondi office. On September 23, AL will hold a rally at Baitul Mukarram’s south gate. Metropolitan North AL will hold ...

The United States has reiterated its desire to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh. US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya met Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen in New York on September 18 and discussed issues of mutual interest. She described her meeting with the foreign secretary as a “productive conversation”, on the margins ...

Bangladesh and Hungary on Monday signed one agreement and two MoUs to enhance cooperation in different fields including economic and health. The documents were signed in presence of Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Hungarian Foreign and Commerce Minister Peter Szijjarto, reports UNB. The three instruments are: ‘Agreement on Economic Cooperation’, ‘MoU on Cooperation within the Framework of ...

The suspension period of the jail term of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been extended by another six months. The Security Service Department of the Home Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard. Joint Secretary of the department (Prison Wing) Md Ziaul Haque confirmed the matter. With this, the government has so far extended Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension ...

BNP today announced a 15-day fresh anti-government movement starting from September 19 to press home their demands for the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and resignation of Awami League government. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan made the announcement at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office on Monday. The party has taken decision to go ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh welcomes the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in favor of Guyana. He was chairing the virtual meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana (CMGG) held on the sidelines of the 78th UNGA in New York on September 17, reports UNB. Dr Momen mentioned that Bangladesh is pleased ...

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) started its bus services on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway on Monday (September 18). A total of eight BRTC buses will ply from Farmgate to the Airport without any stoppage everyday. These will run as ‘Shuttle Service’. It means the buses will ply from one side to another side of the expressway. The BRTC buses will ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia was shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital early Monday. “The BNP chief was transferred to the CCU at 1:30am as per the recommendation of her medical board.” Shamsuddin Didar, a member of the BNP chairperson’s media wing, confirmed to the media in the morning. He said the medical board, formed for ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached New York to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A flight of the British Airways (BA 1593) carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at the JKF International Airport, New York at 10:42 pm (New York time) on September 17 after a four-hour stopover at the Heathrow Airport ...

Election Commissioner (EC) Md Anisur Rahman today said the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections will be held in the first week of January, 2024 and the schedule will be announced in November next. “We want a participatory election. The nation’s expectation is also the same,” he said while talking to journalists at circuit house here. Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Abul Kalam ...