Bangladesh

Awami League president Sheikh Hasina has lost her self-confidence, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday (June 28). He said: “Sheikh Hasina’s self-confidence has reached at such a level that she thinks she is no more in power. This is not my remark, rather it is the remark of Awami League president herself.” Mirza Fakhrul was sharing ...

A 35km tailback was reported in Tangail due to an increase in number of vehicles on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway on Wednesday morning. The highway is witnessing traffic congestion from the Bangabandhu Bridge east side to the Gharinda area of Tangail Sadar Upazila. Along with heavy rain, a combination of road crashes, vehicle breakdowns, and the temporary suspension of toll ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Eid-ul-Azha becomes meaningful through sacrificing pettiness, unkindness, pride, and self-centredness. “The meaning of qurbani is sacrifice. Eid-ul-Azha becomes meaningful through sacrificing pettiness, unkindness, pride, and self-centredness,” she said. Sheikh Hasina made the call through a video message on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, UNB reports. She also urged all to be invigorated with the ...

The holy Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated on Wednesday in six upazilas of Dinajpur with religious fervour in line with Saudi Arabia. Around 2,000 Muslims participated in the prayers held in Dinajpur Sadar, Chirirbandar, Biral, Kaharol, and Birampur upazilas of the district in the morning. In 2007, some Muslims of the upazilas offered their prayers in keeping with Saudi Arabia.  

Japan and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a loan agreement of USD $225 million as budgetary support for the latter’s economic recovery and strengthening public financial management capacity. Sharifa Khan, Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD) signed the ‘Exchange of Notes’ and the ‘Loan Agreement’ on behalf of Bangladesh. Iwama Kiminori, the Ambassador of Japan, signed the ‘Exchange of Notes’ and Ichiguchi ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain is being taken to Singapore for treatment. He left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:30am by a flight of Bangladesh Biman. The BNP leader was accompanied by his wife and son. Khandaker Mosharraf’s son Khandaker Maruf Hossain, a lawyer of Supreme Court, sought doa to all. Earlier on June 17, the senior ...

The parliament passed the Tk 7,61,785 crore national budget for FY 2023-24 — with the goal of achieving 7.5 percent GDP growth rate and keeping annual inflation at around 6 percent. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal moved the Appropriations Bill 2023, seeking a budgetary allocation of Tk 11,10,840 crore which was passed by voice votes, UNB reports. Earlier today, the ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Monday said a total of 10.74 lakh migrant workers have left Bangladesh for work in different countries till June of the current fiscal (2022-23), which is 15.59 per cent more compared to the previous year. The minister said this in reply to a query treasury bench lawmaker Ali Azam of Bhola-2 ...

Government officials and employees will go on five days’ of Eid-ul-Azha vacation from Tuesday (June 27). Monday (June 26) is the last working day. Some will start returning to village homes after office today. All offices will remain closed from June 27 to July 2.

The United Nations Under-Secretaries General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Catherine Pollard jointly paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka on Sunday morning. They highly praised Bangladeshi peacekeepers for their contribution to maintain peace in the trouble-torn UN member countries, reports BSS. During the meeting, they discussed various issues, including UN peacekeeping ...