Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined a representative conference of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) as the chief guest at Jatiya Press Club. She went to the press club at 11am on Thursday. BFUJ President Omar Faruque chaired the conference. Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud will address the conference as ...

The United Nations has reiterated the call for “free and fair” elections in Bangladesh as the country is heading for the next national election in a couple of months. “I think on our viewpoint on Bangladesh and the need for free and fair election, I think we’ve spoken out very clearly,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told reporters ...

Muktijoddha Maitri Awardee Pakistani origin Swedish judge Syed Asif Shahkar has got Bangladesh citizenship as he wished to be buried in Bangladesh. It was said in a letter of the Ministry of Home Affairs signed by Md Saiful Islam, Additional Secretary that Asif Shahkar has been provided the citizenship certificate on Wednesday. Earlier, Shahkar wrote a letter to Prime Minister ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the UN rights body is not “correctly” informed on the recent incidents of violence in Dhaka, which is “very unfortunate.” “Many narratives are faulty and deviated from reality. They have information gap. We will draw their attention,” he told reporters, noting that the government will give a fact-based reply to the leading ...

A court in Dhaka has placed arrested Lieutenant General (Retd) Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardi on an eight-day remand in connection in a case accusing him of committing treason by resorting to lies in a bid to destabilise the country. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin’s court placed him on the remand. Earlier, producing the accused Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardi before the court, the ...

Saima Wazed has been elected as World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for South East Asia (SEARO) for the next five years. She won the election by 8-2 vote. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam confirmed the development on Wednesday. Among the candidates, Saima Wazed was nominated by Bangladesh, and Dr Shambhu Prasad Acharya was nominated by Nepal. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi today jointly inaugurated the 12.24 km Akhaura-Agartala cross-border rail link, hoping to foster possibilities in trade, business, tourism and people to people contact. The two leaders jointly opened the rail link unveiling the inaugural plaque by pressing button through video conferencing, from Dhaka and New Delhi, reports BSS. At the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday unveiled Bangladesh’s first ever local currency card, “TakaPay”, aiming to reduce dependency on international cards such as Visa, Mastercard as well as to save foreign currencies. The premier inaugurated the national card scheme at the launching ceremony at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning, reports BSS. Bangladesh Bank (BB), Sonali Bank, City Bank and ...

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal were arrested from Shahjahanpur area in Dhaka on Tuesday night. Mirza Abbas was arrested at about 8:15pm from Shahidbagh area in Shahjahanpur, while Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal was arrested by the DB from the same area. Following their arrest, they were taken to the Detective Branch ...

Rejecting the proposal of dialogue with main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) outright, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked, “Who is the opposition? Those who kill people? Question doesn’t arise at all to hold dialogue with killers.” She made the remarks while addressing a press conference on the outcome of her October 24-26 visit to Belgium at her official residence ...