Bangladesh

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has requested meetings with senior leaders of three major political parties to underscore the US position regarding the upcoming national election. The United States will continue to implement their “3C policy” in an even-handed manner against those who undermine the democratic election process, a media statement issued by the US embassy today said. The ...

Six vehicles were torched across the country on the second day of the 48-hour blockade called by the main opposition BNP and like-minded parties. Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Mohammad Ali confirmed this to media on Monday morning. Of the vehicles, four were buses, one lorry and one was truck. In Dhaka, a lorry was set on fire ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government can’t be overthrown by carrying out clandestine attacks as the people are not behind the opposition movement. “What can they do by imposing blockades? They want to topple the government. But how can they overthrow the government? The government can’t be ousted by clandestine attacks,” she asserted. The premier was addressing ...

The hearing on the petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami challenging the High Court order for revoking the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party, deferred till November 19. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order as the counsel for Jamaat-e-Islami filed a petition seeking time. The SC also fixed November 19 ...

Opposition BNP leaders and workers are instigating the ongoing movement of ready-made garment workers in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has alleged. He made the allegation while responding to a question of a reporters at his office at the secretariat in the capital early Sunday (November 12) afternoon. The garment workers took to the street in different parts ...

Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) will hold a mass rally towards the Election Commission on that day when the election schedule will be announced. Its Ameer Charmonai Pir Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim announced the programme at a press briefing on Sunday at the party’s Purana Paltan office. He said that if the government wants to announce the schedule unilaterally, then a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed Ghorashal-Palash Urea Fertiliser Factory (GPUFF) in Narsingdi, the largest of its kind in the Southeast Asia, which is expected to help slash fertiliser imports significantly. She opened the environment friendly energy saving and modern technology based factory with production capacity of 9.24 lakh MT of fertilizer annually by unveiling the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged to eliminate leprosy from the county by 2030, urging the local drug manufacturing factories to produce quality medicines for the treatment of leprosy patients. “We are firmly committed to erasing the leprosy from the country by 2030,” she said while opening the second national leprosy conference-2023 at a city hotel, reports BSS. The premier ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday placed five recommendations to stop the brutal Israeli aggression against Palestine that continues unabated, despite calls from global communities for an immediate end. She proposed the suggestions in a recorded speech broadcast at the 8th Extraordinary Islamic Summit kicking off on November 9 in Riyadh. The summit was convened at the invitation of the ...

World’s leading learning company and the UK’s largest awarding body, Pearson, in collaboration with the British Council, hosted its 10th High Achievers’ Award Ceremony on Saturday for students in Bangladesh who achieved outstanding results in their International GCSE and A Level examinations in 2022 & 2023. The Award Ceremony was held at the Hall of Fame of Bangabandhu International Conference ...