Bangladesh

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader left for Singapore on Saturday (September morning for a routine health check-up. According to the minister’s office, Quader left Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 8am.  

The European Union (EU) has called on the government of Bangladesh to ensure an enabling environment for civil society to carry out their work without fear of reprisals. “Freedom of expression, freedom of association and a vibrant civil society are essential in a democratic society,” said Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Nabila Massrali in a statement on Friday. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated a special art exhibition titled “A Retrospective 1973-2023” arranged with selected paintings of Independence Award-winning and internationally-acclaimed artist valiant freedom fighter Shahabuddin Ahmed at Bangladesh National Museum in the capital’s Shahbagh. Some 140 selected artworks of internationally renowned Bangladeshi painter Shahabuddin Ahmed are being displayed in the month-long solo art exhibition at Nalini Kanta ...

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Friday said that the prices of potatoes, onions and eggs are strictly monitored in the markets across the country. “The Directorate of National Consumers’ Rights Protection (DNCRP) does not have enough manpower. Even after that, we are in a strict position keeping eyes on the prices of many products including potatoes, onions and eggs in ...

As the next general election is approaching fast, the government has started detaining the opposition BNP leaders and activists suing them in false cases, alleged BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday (September 15). He made the allegation while speaking as the chief guest at the party’s protest rally organised by Dhaka City South and Dhaka City North ...

A trial train ran four times from Bhanga in Faridpur to Mawa in Munshiganj crossing the Padma Bridge on Friday. The train commenced its journey from Bhanga to Mawa at 7:30am. The train travelled on the route four times, gradually increasing its speed. Bangladesh Railway sources said on its first run, the trial train departed the Bhanga station in Faridpur ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) organised a protest rally at Naya Paltan in the capital on Friday afternoon on the occasion of International Day of Democracy. The rally aimed to press home the “one-point” demand, which includes the government’s resignation and sentencing the leaders and activists in what they term as “false” cases. In addition to the BNP, various anti-government parties ...

Bangladesh has sent emergency relief goods as humanitarian assistance to flood victims in Libya. A C-130J aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force left Dhaka for Libya at 8pm on Thursday with necessary relief materials and medicines to help the people affected by cyclone Daniel and floods, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Air Vice Marshal ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said if her party voted to power again every village will be developed like a town. Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, asked the public representatives to win the trust and confidence of the people by serving them properly. The premier was addressing a programme arranged on the premises of her official residence ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for New York on Sunday to attend the 78th session of the United National General Assembly. She will address the general assembly session on September 22, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at a media briefing on PM’s New York visit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. He said that the ...