Bangladesh

Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Monday informed the parliament that a total of 9,370 Bangladeshi expatriates are currently detained in prisons of different countries. He provided the information while responding to a question from Mohammad Huchamuddin Chowdhury, an independent member, at Jatiya Sangsad with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The foreign minister said the highest number of ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has been released from jail on Monday evening after securing bail in all cases. The BNP leader walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6:55 pm after the bail order reached the jail authorities, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. BNP leaders and activists of the senior leader of the ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s participation at Munich Security Conference has reflected the importance of Bangladesh. He made the remark at a press conference at the AL president’s Dhanmondi political office in the capital on Monday afternoon. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said a general election was held ...

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana, arrived in Dhaka on Monday. The delegation, led by the Foreign Minister, was received by Director General (Africa) A F M Zahid Ul Islam at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The Ghanaian delegates have come to Dhaka for a bilateral visit and will have ...

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2025 will be held on a short syllabus. Confirming the matter, Education Ministry’s public relation office MA Khayer said, “2025’s HSC exams will be held on short syllebus as per 2023’s HSC. According to the notice, the HSC exams for 2025 will be held according to the 2023 revised syllabus formulated ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Germany for home on Sunday night after wrapping up her three-day official visit to attend Munich Security Conference-2024. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members departed Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Germany around 9:8pm (local time). Bangladesh Ambassador to Germany Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan saw the premier off at ...

A writ has been submitted to the High Court seeking cancellation of the parliament membership of Khadizatul Anwar Sony who was elected from Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) seat in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election contesting as a Awami League nominated candidate. At the same time, re-election in Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) seat has been sought. Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) chairman Syed Saifuddin Ahmed, who ...

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu was shown arrested on Sunday in eight more cases filed for violence during the October 28 rally. Of the eight, four cases have been filed with Paltan Police Station, three with Ramna and one with Badda police stations. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan Shohag Uddin passed the order after the BNP leader was produced ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought larger investments from Netherlands and the United Kingdom and Azerbaijan. She made the call when the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Former Prime Minister and current Secretary of the State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the UK and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held seperate bilateral meetings with Bangladesh Prime Minister, ...

A Chattogram court on Sunday granted bail to the newly-elected ruling party MP of Chattogram-10, Mohiuddin Bachchu in a case filed by the Election Commission (EC) for breaching the electoral code of conduct. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Md Salauddin passed the bail order. On February 15, an arrest warrent was issued by the same court against Mohiuddin Bachchu as the MP ...