Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded Tk 10 lakh as compensation for the family of each victim killed in road accidents and Tk 5 lakh for the injured people. According to the existing law, 2018, families of each deceased are allowed to Tk 5 lakh and the injured to Tk 3 lakh from the road accident victims’ financial assistance fund. ...

Former Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor and Gazipur City Awami League general secretary Jahangir Alam has been pardoned by Awami League on conditions that he will not be involved in anti-party activities and violate the party discipline in future. He was informed it on Saturday (October 21) through a letter which was signed by Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday warned against any sort of anarchy and vandalism in the name of movement, saying her government will not tolerate destructive activities. Referring to the street protests by BNP-Jamaat and their allies the premier said, “Let them do their agitation programmes.” “But if they again start arson terrorism, destructive activities, if any one engages in ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated 15-storey newly-constructed Bangladesh Bar Council Bhaban at a cost of Taka 138 crore in the capital city. She opened the Bhaban after unveiling the inaugural plaque built at a place adjacent to the High Court (HC) as the chief guest, reports UNB. Earlier, on her arrival at the venue, Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan ...

Adv Shahjahan Miah, lawmaker from Patuakhali-1 constituency, passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on Saturday morning. He was 85. He breathed his last at about 6am while undergoing treatment at the hospital, his son Adv Arifuzzaman, municipal Awami League general secretary, confirmed. Shahjahan Miah left behind wife, three sons, one daughter and hosts of relatives ...

Bangladesh is observing a one-day state mourning for Saturday (October 20) commemorating the deaths of Palestinians in Israel attacks. All government, semi-government, autonomous and private institutions and Bangladesh missions abroad are keeping the national flag at half-mast in observance of the mourning day.  

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party doesn’t want to go to power through ‘compromise.’ He said even there is not a single month in hands. Only a few days remain to oust the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina-led government from power. All would have to take to the street with courage. Mirza Fakhrul made the remarks while ...

Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader has directed the leaders and workers of the Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organisations to guard puja mandaps during the Durg Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, that began on Friday . Obaidul Quader also the General Secretary of the ruling AL party made the call while talking to ...

The 8th meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Party will be held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Sunday, reports BSS. AL Parliamentary Party leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting to be held at around 6pm, said a press release of the Parliamentary Secretariat. AL Parliamentary Party Secretary and Chief Whip of Parliament Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury has requested ...

The inauguration date for the Agargaon to Motijheel section of the Dhaka metro rail’s MRT Line-6 has been deferred again. The new opening date is scheduled for November 4. ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, acknowledging the matter on Friday (October 20) said the service would not be opened on October 29. The inauguration ...