Bangladesh

Law Minister Anisul Huq has rejected outright the idea of revoking the cases filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) and compensating those who became the victims due to abuse of the law. “Question doesn’t arise at all to revoke the cases filed under the Digital Security Act and providing compensation in this regard,” he said while responding to a ...

An ‘Oil and Gas Terminal’ will be built in the Bay-Terminal area under Chattogram Port Authority with an aim of increasing the capacity of gas and fuel import, processing and storage. It was informed in a meeting regarding the construction of ‘Oil and Gas Terminal’ in the meeting room of the Ministry of Shipping in Dhaka on Thursday with State ...

At least 217 shops burnt down in the devastating fire that broke out at Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Krishi Market early Thursday, said Chief Executive Officer of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Selim Raza. “We allocated space for 317 shops in the market but among these, 217 were damaged by the fire,” he said while talking to reporters, UNB reports. “We have ...

Two officials of rights body Odhikar were jailed for two years on Thursday in a case filed under the ICT Act for publishing a distorted report on Hefazat’s rally in Shapla Chattar in 2013. The convicts are Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan. The court also fined them Tk 10,000. Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge AM Julfikar ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the parliament that the country’s food security remains protected even amid the ongoing international crisis. “Bangladesh has successfully faced Covid-19 pandemic. The food security remains protected in the country amid the current international crisis as well,” she said, reports UNB. The premier made the remarks while replying to a question from Awami League ...

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said an individual cannot own more than 60 bighas of agricultural land as per the Land Reform Act-2023. “If inherited land exceeds 60 bighas, the heir can choose to retain 60 bighas of land, while the remaining land will become government-owned (Khas) and compensation will be provided according to government regulations,” he made the comments at ...

Being afraid of the strict disciplines of study, a minor boy wanted to flee home. He got into an international flight without passport, visa and ticket dodging the security at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. However, he was subsequently stopped. Jonayed Molla, a minor boy, got into a flight of Kuwait Airways on Tuesday (September 12) morning with passport, visa and ...

Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to consider signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on economic cooperation as the two nations gained record-breaking bilateral trade of $6.4 billion in 2022-23. The two countries have also agreed to create new institutional cooperation to promote business, trade and investments while Bangladesh received 561 million US dollars Foreign Direct Investment ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the two-day Commonwealth Trade and Investment Forum-2023 aiming to boost trade, commerce and investment of Bangladesh with other Commonwealth countries. She opened the grand inauguration of forum as the chief guest in capital’s Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) organized by Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) in partnership with the Bangladesh Investment Development ...

The 69th birthday of Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, is today (Wednesday). She was born on September 13 in 1955, at Mitford Hospital in Dhaka. She is the younger sister of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. There is no such event centring Sheikh Rehana’s birthday. Birthday will ...