Bangladesh

The first round of negotiations for the Japan-Bangladesh Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was held in Dhaka from May 19 to 23. The meeting was attended by, on the Japanese side, Taketani Atsushi, Ambassador in charge of Economic Diplomacy, Deputy Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives from other relevant ministries, said a press release issued ...

West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) started their second day operation to find out the severed body parts of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar. Besides CID police, Polerhat Police Station members also joined this search operation started after 12pm on Saturday. Disaster response team is searching the body parts at Jirongachha canal at village Krishnamati of Bhangar in South 24 Pargana ...

A total of 604 shelters have been kept ready in Khulna to deal with Cyclone Remal. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Khulna Khandaker Yasir Arefin confirmed the information and said that the government has opened 604 cyclone shelters in the district so that people can take shelter, if needed. He said that at least 3,15,180 people can take shelter in the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the Awami League government has taken significant measures to shut down arms smuggling routes through Bangladesh to India, fostering peace in India’s northeastern states. “Since coming to power, the Awami League has closed down the routes used for arms smuggling through Bangladesh,” she stated. The Prime Minister made these remarks during a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated construction of the 10-storey Bangabazar Nagar Wholesale Market. The new market comes after a devastating fire on April 4, 2023, which destroyed over 2,931 shops in Dhaka’s Bangabazar Shopping Complex, severely impacting the livelihoods of thousands of traders just weeks before Eid, reports UNB. The planned 10-storey building will occupy 106.28 katha of ...

BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has said that the government cannot avert its responsibility for corruption of former army chief General Aziz Ahmed and former IGP Benazir Ahmed. He made the remarks taking part in a sit-in demonstration front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday. Ganatantra Forum, an organisation, arranged the programme to press home the demands ...

A court of Barasat in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal has placed ‘butcher’ Jihad on a 12-day remand for questioning in Anwarul Azim Anar MP murder in Kolkata of India. Producing him before the court at about 11:00am on Friday (May 24), police pleaded to place him on a 14-day remand. However, the court granted police 12-day remand ...

The 125th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated across the country on Saturday in a befitting manner. Ministry of Cultural Affairs has taken elaborate programmes to mark the day at the national level. Different organizations and cultural bodies, including Dhaka University, have also taken programmes to celebrate the day amid various functions. President Mohammed Shahbuddin ...

Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar was smothered to death within hours of entering a New Town apartment on May 13. His body was then chopped into pieces in one of the washrooms, packed into bags and transported out, according to CID and Bangladeshi investigators. Before vacating the apartment, the washroom was cleansed with acid to remove traces of the crime. ...

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that the intelligence agencies of both Bangladesh and India are investigating the mysterious murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar in India. He said this in response to a question from journalists at the end of a preparatory meeting of ‘Dhaka Nodi Sanmelon’ 2024 demanding declaration of May 23 as the National River ...