Bangladesh

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said sustainable peace among nations can be achieved if respect and tolerance towards others, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, color and race, can be inculcated. “Let us work together to achieve such a goal. In fact, for ensuring prosperity in the region, we need peaceful coexistence of all nations and all countries,” he ...

The Saudi government will allow 127,198 pilgrims from Bangladesh to perform hajj in 2024. Secretary to the Ministry of Religious Affairs Md Abdul Hamid Jamaddar said this during a meeting in the meeting room of the ministry Wednesday morning. He said registration for the hajj in 2024 will begin on September 16, 2023. Visa issuance will begin on 1 March ...

A Dhaka court has sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine years rigorous imprisonment and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years rigorous jail in a graft case. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman passed the verdict on Wednesday afternoon. The court also fined Tarique Tk 3 crore, in default, has to serve three months more in jail while ...

A court in Dhaka announces the judgement against BNP chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Asaduzzaman will announce the verdict at 3 pm. Centring the verdict, police are on alert to avert any untoward situation, said Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court’s officer police inspector Faruqul Islam. The court ...

BNP-backed lawyers are staging demonstration near the court amid rain centring the verdict against against BNP chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case. The lawyer are chanting different slogans against the verdict. Ahead of the verdict, security has been beefed up in and around on the Dhaka court premises.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday came down heavily on BNP leaders for comments that Awami League won’t get the way to flee the country. “Sheikh Hasina or Awami League never runs away,” she said at a blood donation programme in Dhaka, UNB reports. “We hear from our opposition party – though they can’t be called an opposition party as ...

The BNP is worried that its acting chairman Tarique Rahman along with his wife Zubaida Rahman may be found guilty and sentenced in a graft case through a ‘dictated’ verdict as part of a government blueprint. The party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, voiced this concern on the eve of a lower court verdict in a graft case against ...

Agitating secondary teachers under Monthly Payment Order (MPO) have announced to return to class after withdrawing their agitattion programmes. They made the decision following their meeting with deputy minister for education Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury and former cabinet secretary Kabir bin Anwar on Tuesday night. Teachers under MPO system were staging agitation programmes in front of Jatiya Press Club in ...

The BNP is worried that its acting chairman Tarique Rahman along with his wife Zubaida Rahman may be found guilty and sentenced in a graft case through a ‘dictated’ verdict as part of a government blueprint, reports UNB. The party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, voiced this concern on the eve of a lower court verdict in a graft ...

US Ambassador Peter Haas has said the US will send pre-assesment election monitoring team in October to assess the polls situation in Bangladesh for next general election. The team will comprise experts from the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute. “The US wants to see free, fair and impartial elections in Bangladesh. So that the people of Bangladesh can ...