Bangladesh

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has underscored the need for continuous fighting against the communal forces which ultimately opposing our Liberation War and saying that the evil forces are still spreading in the country. “We must have to fight continuously against the anti-liberation communal evil forces by motivating with self strength… As the evil forces still activate in the ...

The hearing on a rule issued by the High Court asking about BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s bail in a case filed over the attack on Chief Justice’s residence will be held on Sunday (December 17). An HC bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Shahed Nuruddin set the date for holding the hearing. Earlier on December 7, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after paying rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals in Mirpur marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. She went to Dhanmondi Road No 32 from Mirpur in the morning and laid a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of Bangabandhu Memorial ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid tributes to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day. The president and the Prime minister separately placed wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur, reports UNB. They stood there in solemn silence for a while as a mark of profound respect to the memories ...

The nation is observing the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Thursday to commemorate the brightest minds killed systematically by the Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators towards the end of the Liberation War in 1971. On this day in 1971, the country’s renowned academicians, doctors, engineers, journalists, artists, teachers and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their homes, blindfolded, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP can’t oust her government by resorting to killings and destructive activities. “They can’t oust the government by killing people. What kind of politics they do?” she said slamming the opposition BNP for their destructive activities.The premier was exchanging views with the newly elected committee of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and ...

Cumilla City Corporation Mayor Arfanul Huque Rifat passed away around 6:30pm on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. He had been suffering from various complications, including having suffered a heart attack and a stroke. AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker from Cumilla-6 constituency, confirmed the matter. Arfanul Huque Rifat won the high-voltage Cumilla City Corporation election, reversing the ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday did not accept the bail prayers of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in 10 cases against him filed with two different police stations in the capital. Though Mirza Fakhrul is an accused in those 10 cases, he was not shown arrested. When the bail prayers were placed before the court for hearing on ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has said that Bangladesh is India’s most trustworthy partner which was reflected through Bangladesh’s participation in the G20 Summit in New Delhi in September 2023. He sounded optimistic that the existing friendly relations between Bangladesh and India will become more consolidated in days to come, reports UNB. The High Commissioner made the remarks ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Spanish investments will be welcomed in any sector of Bangladesh for mutual benefits as Spain’s ambassador to Bangladesh Francisco de Asis Benitez Salas paid a farewell call on her. “They (Spain’s entrepreneurs) are welcomed. They can invest in any sector of their choice in Bangladesh,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as ...