Bangladesh

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said legal steps will be taken to bring back fugitive convicts BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman. “Legal procedures will be taken to bring back Tarique-Zubaida,” he told the journalists after receiving a memorandum from Juba League central leaders at his ministry office. Juba League chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams ...

Bangladesh Awami Jubo League (JL) has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Election Commission (CEC) demanding cancellation of the registration of BNP and banning its politics terming the party as a ‘terrorist organisation’. A delegation led by JL general secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil went to the Nirbachan Bhaban at Agargaon on Thursday (August 10) and submitted the memorandum to ...

The government has banned new militant group Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya as it is considered to be a threat to public safety and the law and orders of the country. The home ministry through a notification on Wednesday said, “It appears to the government that the declared activities of the militant group/organisation called Jamaat Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya are ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will have to stay in Evercare Hospital for some days as per the medical board decision. Her personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain said, “Madam was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday night as she was feeling unwell. Now, she needs some medical tests and her medical board advised to keep her in the hospital ...

World Bank (WB) Executive Director Parameswaran Iyer on Thursday said developing countries can follow Bangladesh’s development model as he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence here. “Bangladesh made phenomenal transformation in development with specific plans under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s prudent leadership. Other developing countries can follow Bangladesh development model,” PM’s Press ...

The online application process for admission to class XI began at 8am on Thursday (August 10). This year, the application will also be accepted in three phases. The first phase of the application process will continue till August 20. The applicants can log into the www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd website and apply for admission. They must pay a Tk 150 fee and can ...

Bangladeshi UN official Lt Col (retd) Sufiul Anam, who was abducted by Al-Qaeda in Yemen in February 2022, returned to Dhaka today after being rescued by the National Security Intelligence (NSI). An Emirates flight, carrying Sufiul Anam, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 6 pm. Sufiul gave a harrowing account of his captivity to journalists at a ...

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday inaugurated the construction work of inter-district bus terminal at Kanchpur. Accosting to a DSCC press release, after completion of the construction work, the services of Sayedabad inter-district bus terminal will be relocated to Kanchpur within the next six months. The inter-district bus services to 16 districts of ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare hospital in city’s Bashundhara area on Wednesday as she felt some complications. As per advice of medical board, BNP chairperson was admitted to the hospital around 8:30pm, party sources said. Earlier, Khaleda Zia was taken to the hospital as she was experiencing some fresh health complications. After reaching the hospital, some tests ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP-Jamaat terrorists are still trying to harass the people in different ways by holding them hostage. “Terrorists of BNP and Jamaat understand nothing except bomb attack, grenade attack and shooting. They killed people burning them and unleashing arson violence…. They still are trying to harass people in different ways by holding them hostage,” ...