Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Monday rejected BNP-backed Blue panel’s secretary candidate Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajol’s bail in a case filed over violence during the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election. Kajol’s lawyers earlier today submitted an appeal with the court of Sixth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Morshed Alam seeking his bail. After hearing, the Judge passed the order. Omar Faruk ...

Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney has paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32. He placed a floral wreath at Bangabandhu’s portrait on Monday morning. The Irish Minister observed a minute of silence in memory of all those martyred on August 15, 1975. He also had a tour of the Bangabandhu ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday advised the guardians to become friendly with their children to keep them away from menaces like terrorism, militancy, drug and corruption. “There should be a friendly relation with parents. If so, they (children) can’t go astray. They must be given the lesson of honesty from their childhood to keep them away from terrorism, militancy, ...

India’s navy recaptured a ship from Somali pirates off the Indian coast Saturday, the military said, rescuing the crew and ending a three-month takeover of the Maltese-flagged bulk carrier MV Ruen. The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel had been successfully boarded by Somali pirates, reports AFP. “#IndianNavy thwarts designs of ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said although Bangabandhu is no longer among us but he is always a source of inspiration for the people of the country. “Bangabandhu’s birth means the birth of Bangladesh’s independence,” he said, reports UNB. He expressed his doubt whether Bangladesh would have become independent if a leader like Bangabandhu had not been born. Quader, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking his 104th birth anniversary coinciding with the National Children’s Day-2024. As part of the state program, the premier paid homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu, the greatest Bangali of all times, in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj’s Tungipara on his 104th birth anniversary coinciding with the National Children’s Day-2024. The president and the prime minister paid their homage by placing wreaths at the mausoleum of the Bangladesh’s founding father at Tungipara at 10:38am. ...

The nation is celebrating the 104th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman coinciding with the National Children’s Day-2024 on Sunday in a befitting manner. The nation is celebrating the day through extensive programmes with fanfare and gaiety. Bangladesh missions abroad have also chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the day. The day is a public holiday. ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Saturday said that ‘BAKSAL 2’ has been established in the country. Dr Abdul Moyeen made the remarks while talking to reporters after visiting Dhaka district Jubo Dal’s former president Rezaul Karim Paul’s residence, who was recently out of jail, reports UNB. Dr Abdul Moyeen said, “You know that in the past ...

Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has said the issue of new citizenship law is an internal affair of India and Bangladesh is watching it as a neighboring country. “It is an internal affair of India and the government (of Bangladesh) is watching it as a neighboring country,” he said while exchanging views with journalists at YNT Center in city’s Dewanji ...