Bangladesh

The much-talked about Cyber Security Bill-2023 was placed in parliament on Tuesday amid strong objection from an opposition bench member. The new law is being framed scrapping the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA). However, the controversial sections of the DSA have been kept same in the Cyber Security Act (CSA). However, offences in some cases of the new bill have ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on health sector cooperation on Tuesday (Aug 5) on behalf of their respective governments. The MOU is aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two countries in primary and secondary care, health resilience and health financing, among others, through training, exchange programs, joint ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin along with wife Dr Rebecca Sultana on Tuesday joined the opening ceremony of 43rd ASEAN Summit in Indonesia’s Jakarta. The opening ceremony of the Summit was held at Jakarta convention center with the theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”. Indonesian President Joko Jokowi Widodo officially opened the summit, BSS reports. President Shahabuddin also participated in a ...

The cabinet on Monday cleared the draft of the ‘Ansar Battalion Act 2023’, making the maximum penalty for the offenses of rebellion or attempted rebellion, participation in rebellion and inciting conspiracy to death. Apart from this, the provision of punishment for various terms, including life-term, has been made in the law. The draft law was approved in the cabinet meeting ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is not physically fit to get release from the hospital requiring prolonged treatment. “She is now under close observation of medical board at the Evercare Hospital. The medical board will allow her release after improvement of health condition,” Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, personal physician of Khaleda Zia. However, the medical board formed for Khaleda Zia’s treatment ...

Indonesia rolled out the red carpet to welcome President Mohammed Shahabuddin as he arrived in Jakarta Monday afternoon to join the 43rd ‘ASEAN Summit’ and 18th ‘East Asia Summit’ slated for September 5-7. A VVIP flight (aircraft BG 1910) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at Jakarta via Singapore at about 5:40pm (Local time), BSS reports. ...

Saima Wazed has been nominated by the Government of Bangladesh for the post of Regional Director of World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEARO). WHO SEARO is one of the six regional offices of the WHO, composed of representatives of the member states, UNB reports. “I am deeply honoured to be nominated by the Government of Bangladesh for WHO ...

Bangladesh and the United States will hold the ninth annual bilateral security dialogue in Dhaka on September 5 as part of the “comprehensive security relationship” between the two governments. The US delegation will be led by Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Mira Resnick. She arrived in Dhaka on Monday. The security dialogue is an annual, civilian-led discussion that ...

Dhaka Elevated Expressway authority collected Tk 18,52,880 toll from 22,805 vehicles in the last 24 hours, after the authorities opened it to traffic at 6am on Sunday (September 3). More than 90 per cent of the total vehicles plying on the elevated expressway on the first day were private cars, said the project director AHM Sakhawat Akter. A total of ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday left for Jakarta, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and 18th East Asia Summit to be held on September 5-7. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President along with his spouse Prof Rebecca Sultana and other entourage members, departed from Hazrat Shahjalal (R.) International Airport (HSIA) for Jakarta at 8:30 am. ...