Bangladesh

  British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Sarah Cooke, welcomed the next cohort of Chevening Scholars to her residence in Dhaka on Wednesday 30 August. Twenty-one young professionals have received awards for the coming academic year and will soon be leaving Bangladesh to begin one-year master’s degrees at some of the UK’s most prestigious universities. Presenting the awards, British High Commissioner ...

Arshad Adnan Rony, only son of running President Mohammed Shahabuddin, has announced his candidacy for Pabna-5 (Sadar) constituency in the upcoming national elections. Rony, a prominent cultural figure and central Awami League leader, disclosed this while interacting with the journalists at his residence adjacent to President Sahabuddin in the city on Tuesday (August 29) night. ‘I’m aspiring to become a ...

Abdul Quddus, lawmaker from Natore-4 constituency and the district Awami League president, passed away on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital. He was 77 years old. Quddus, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last around 7:20am at United Hospital, said Shariful Islam Ramjan, general secretary of Natore AL. He is survived by his wife, a ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Taka 3,751.09 crore project to establish 50 technical training centers (TTC) at upazila level in the country to improve the skills of the aspiring youths, willing to go abroad, imparting through necessary training. The approval came from a meeting of the ECNEC held with its chairperson and ...

Gonoforum president Dr Kamal Hossain has expressed doubts that the next parliamentary election will be free, fair and impartial. “We are afraid that the upcoming national election will not be fair and neutral. People must become united so that election is held under a fair, fair and impartial manner,” he said. In this regarad, he also called upon the government ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said there was no request from Bangladesh to make it a member of BRICS right now. “We didn’t go to tell anyone to make us a member (of BRICS) right now” she said. The premier said this while addressing a press conference at her official residence Ganabhaban on the outcome of her recent visit ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Bangladesh has an independent judicial process. “They can observe the process,” he told reporters regarding those who wrote a letter in favour of Nobel laureate Dr Yunus, reports UNB. The state minister wanted to know whether allegations against any person cannot be investigated. “They must have the guts and ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission lawyer Khurshid Alam has invited the 160 world leaders to come to Bangladesh and observe the transparency of judicial proceedings of Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus. “Come to Bangladesh and see how transparent the trial of Dr Yunus’ case is going on” the lawyer told this to media on the Supreme Court premise on Tuesday. “World leaders ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday deferred the charge frame hearing in a graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 14 others to September 24. Judge Ali Hossen of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 is scheduled to hold the hearing today. But the defendant’s lawyers filed a petition seeking time. Later,  Judge Ali Hossen accepted the plea and set ...

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of Cyber Security Law-2023 after amending few provisions of the Digital Security Act (DSA). The approval came from the Cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister’s office in city’s Tejgaon with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Earlier, on August 7, the cabinet decided to redraft the Digital Security Act (DSA), annulling some ...