Bangladesh

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday hoped that the ICT department would make continuous efforts to highlight the history of Bangabandhu, Bengali and Bangladesh through the innovation, dissemination and use of new technologies. He also urged all concerned to play an important role in establishing Bangladesh as a developed and smart state in the world. The president said while addressing a ...

BNP alleged that their 50 supporters, including two bullet hit, were injured in an attack by Awami League (AL) in Lalmai upazila of Cumilla district on Saturday. Houses and other establishments were also vandalised during the attack. The bullet-hit Jubo Dal leaders Firoz and Monir were admitted to Cumilla Medical College Hospital, said BNP Chairperson’s Advisor and former lawmaker Monirul ...

The 47th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in the country in a befitting manner on Sunday. On August 27 (12 Bhadra of Bangla calendar year) in 1976, the poet breathed his last at the then PG Hospital, now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, in the city. The poet was buried with state honour ...

Teesta river’s water level has surged 41 cm above the danger mark in Kurigram district, while water levels of Brahmaputra, Dudhkumar, and Dharla rivers are also on the rise. The escalating water levels have instilled fears of potential flooding among the residents living along the riverbanks. Kurigram Water Development Board has forecast short-term flooding. According to the district’s Water Development ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR)’s joint commissioner of taxes Masuma Khatun was abducted allegedly at the directive of her former husband. Former husband Harun-ar-Rashid, who was a retired official of BCS Admn Cadre, hired their suspended car driver Masud and his associates at Tk 70,000 to abduct Masuma Khatun. After abduction, the victim was supposed to be taken to ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas alongwith his wife Afroza Abbas left Dhaka for Singapore on Saturday morning for treatment. A flight of Biman Bangladesh carrying the couple left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 8:45am. But, it is not known about which hospital in Singapore he will be treated and when he will return home. Earlier on ...

Ruling Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP brought out mourning processions carrying black flags as their movement has finally failed. There will be no high tide in the dead river of BNP’s movement, said the AL general secretary while addressing at a peace rally arranged by AL’s Dhaka city south unit at Bangabandhu Avenue in ...

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken says the US is ‘deeply grateful’ to the government and the people of Bangladesh for giving shelter to nearly one million Rohingya refugees. In a statement marking the sixth anniversary of genocide against Rohingya, he said, “We are deeply grateful to the Government and the people of Bangladesh for giving shelter and refuge ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has alleged that the ruling Awami League government has looted more than that of the British and Pakistani governments. He also advised India to build friendship with the people of Bangladesh, not Awami League or BNP. Mirza Abbas was speaking at a brief rally as the chief guest prior to the Dhaka City South ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has sought vote for her party’s electoral symbol “Boat” in the next general election from Bangladeshi expatriates working abroad for the country’s continued development. She put the people of Bangladesh on alert so that no looters can assume power again to destroy the country. “We want cooperation from you all alongside seeking ...