Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid emphasis on promotion of native sports in a larger way to increase engagement of young generation in extracurricular activities, saying sports and physical exercises boost up self-confidence and senses of responsibility to the country. “Local sports should be given more importance so that those can be practiced more . . . I want our ...

Awami League’s central working committee member Mohammad Ali Arafat got the party’s nomination for Dhaka-17 by-election which is scheduled to be held on July 17. The decision was taken in a joint meeting of the AL Parliamentary Nomination Board and Local Government Representative Nomination Board, chaired over by President Sheikh Hasina, at her official residence Gono Bhaban in Dhaka on ...

The body of Arpita Shahriyar Kabir Mumu, daughter of human rights activist Shahriyar Kabir, has been recovered by police from a house at Banani in the capital. Receiving information, police went to the house on Thursday night and found the hanging body of Arpita Kabir Mumu. Later, they handed the body over to the family. Banani Police Station officer-in-charge Mostafizur ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday presided over the regular meeting of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at her official Ganabhaban residence. In the meeting, the Prime Minister, also chairperson of the trust, directed the authorities concerned to expedite the activities of the ongoing projects to complete those quickly, BSS reports. The board of trustees’ ...

Serajul Alam Khan, one of the key organizers of the Liberation War, passed away at intensive care unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday. He breathed his last around 2:30pm while on life support, said DMCH Director Brig Gen Md Nazmul Haque. Serajul Alam Khan was admitted to the hospital on May 20 with old age complications. ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will bring out procession at all metropolitan cities including Dhaka on June 13. BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme on Friday morning at a press conference at the party office. The party men will bring out peaceful procession at all metropolitan cities on June 13 and only in Dhaka on June 16. ...

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of this year will begin across the country on August 17. The Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board published the exam schedule on Thursday. The exams will continue till September 25, as per the routine. Students will sit for the Bangla first paper on the first day.

Bangladesh must immediately suspend a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they “face serious risks” to their lives and liberty, a UN expert said on Thursday. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said there were reports that Bangladeshi authorities were using “deceptive and coercive measures” to compel Rohingya ...

The by-election in the Chittagong-10 constituency, which became vacant following the death of Member of Parliament and former minister Afsarul Ameen, is scheduled to take place on July 30. The voting will be held from 8am to 4pm on that day, using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). EC secretary Md Zahangir Alam declared the schedule after the EC meeting at the ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said there will be no dialogue with the BNP over the issue of a neutral government. “We remember what happened before the last general elections; we held dialogue with them (BNP) twice. What was the result? There was no result. There will be no dialogue with the party (BNP), if they ...