Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the weekly cabinet meeting on Monday asked authorities concerned to build jetties or terminals at convenient coastal areas after carrying out survey within quickest possible time. The meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with the premier in the chair, reports BSS. Later, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain held a press conference at ...

BNP on Monday expressed concern that many jailed BNP leaders and activists have been pushed towards death because of alleged torture and substandard food supplied to them. “The active leaders and workers of the opposition party being subjected to various inhumane torture and attitude inside and outside the prison to suppress them. Prisoners are being tortured indescribably and brutally,” said ...

The Election Commission (EC) is to deploy armed forces across the country ahead of the upcoming 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls, officials said here on Monday. “The election commission (EC) wants us (armed forces) to be deployed to stage a free and fair election in a healthy atmosphere. We ensured them of all out support,” armed forces division’s principal staff ...

US ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas held a meeting with Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman at the CAAB headquarters this afternoon. “During the talk, I sought US support in further development of Bangladesh’s aviation sector,” Rahman told BSS after the meeting. The CAAB chairman also urged the US government’s cooperation to uplift ...

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka for nearly for four months, was transferred to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) from a cabin on Monday evening as her condition deteriorated. “Khaleda Zia was transferred to the CCU at 6:30 pm as per the recommendation of her medical board,” said BNP media cell ...

VFS Global, which has been a partner of the UK government since 2003, has won the global contract for overseas UK visa and citizenship services. This award is the latest in a long line of wins for the world’s leading visa, passport, and citizen services provider, reports UNB. In 2024, VFS Global will deploy 240 Visa and Citizenship Application Service ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the Awami League (AL), will formally start the election campaign for her party from a rally in Sylhet scheduled to be held on December 20. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader informed this while talking to reporters at the Dhanmondi party office in the capital on Sunday ( December10). He said, “Prime Minister ...

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday directed the concerned ministries to transfer two police commissioners, a deputy commissioner (DC), five police supers and three officer-in-charges (OCs) as a part of holding next parliament elections in free, fair and neutral manner. “The EC ordered to transfer police commissioners of Barishal and Sylhet, deputy commissioner (DC) of Brahmanbaria and police supers of ...

The opposition BNP and like-minded parties has announced a 36-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Tuesday morning to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). The blockade will begin at 6am on Tuesday and end at 6 pm on Wednesday. It will be the 11th round of the blockade programme of ...

BNP leaders and activists along with the family members of the victims of enforced disappearance and political killings formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital, marking the international Human Rights Day on Sunday. The programme began formally with the recitation from the holy Quran around 10:55am with BNP standing committee member Selima Rahman ...