Bangladesh

The Public Division of the Bangabhaban has requested to write proper spelling of name of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. This information was revealed in a notification of the Press Information Department (PID) on Monday (May 8). The notification added proper spelling of the name of the President in Bangla and English. In Bangla, the name is — মো. সাহাবুদ্দিন, and in ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave London for home on Monday wrapping up her tri-nation tour to Japan, the USA and the UK. A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members will depart from the Heathrow International Airport at around 18:20 (London time). Bangladesh High Commissioner in London Saida Muna Tasneem will ...

The 162nd birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped the Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism is being observed on Monday.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called the BNP-Jamaat vote thieves, saying the Bangladesh people will vote for Awami League (AL) in the next elections as she was accorded a civic reception by expatriate Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom (UK). “They (BNP-Jamaat) will destroy Bangladesh. So, make sure that BNP-Jamaat clique couldn’t come to power again,” she told the function held ...

Prime Minister on Sunday urged the Commonwealth to send diversified election observers to oversee the next parliamentary polls in Bangladesh as Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland paid a courtesy call on her at her place of residence in London. “Our Prime Minister raised the issue of election and proposed the Commonwealth to send diversified election observers to oversee the ...

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Sunday paid a courtesy call on President Mohammad Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in the capital. “During the meeting, the head of state was briefed about different activities of the forces and the progress of implementation of various development programmes and measures under the ‘Armed Forces Goal 2030 ” President’s press secretary Md ...

Mentioning that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) wants a free, fair and neutral election, the party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that his party will not participate in any election under this government. He made the remarks at a council of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila BNP unit held at Kalibari Municipal Auditorium in Thakurgaon district on Sunday. The BNP ...

The visiting team of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that despite many challenges, Bangladesh’s growth is progressive. In a statement released on Sunday, Rahul Anand, IMF Mission Chief for Bangladesh, said: “Against a challenging economic backdrop, Bangladesh remains one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. However, persistent inflationary pressures, elevated volatility of global financial conditions, and ...

Three candidates of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) were injured after a ceiling fan fell on them at a centre in Sirajganj during the examination on Sunday. The incident happened at Haje Ahmed Ali Aliah Kamil Madrasha centre. Injured three are the students of Chilgachha Dakhil madrasa in Sadar upazila. MD Dulal, the centre secretary and headteacher of Alokdia Islamia Fazil ...

Md Jahangir Alam on Sunday filed a writ with the High Court to get his candidature for Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayoral election back. Suspended mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam filed the writ challenging the decision of his nomination paper cancellation. On April 30, GCC election returning officer Faridul Islam cancelled nomination paper of much-talked about candidate Jahangir Alam over loan ...