Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came down heavily on a few parliament members as they are advocating against Article 70 in the Constitution despite the article has given sustainability to the government and thus the development. “Article 70 has given protection to democracy alongside further strengthening it to reach its benefit to the people. But, a few of our ...

Describing the Election Commission’s plan to hold elections to five city corporations by June this year as a trap of the government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party will not be lured into the plot. “This time people and BNP won’t step into any trap of the government…we’ll overturn their trap,” he said while ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: Soon after the independence of Bangladesh, four freedom fighters, Jamal Hasan, Anwar Ahmed, Mahmud Abdul Quayum and Syed Akhtar Ali, set out on a world cycle tour on a special mission. They wanted to thank the people of the world who supported Bangladesh’s Liberation War. They started their tour from the front garden of 32 Dhanmondi. They ...

Ganashasthaya Kendra founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has been kept on life support. He was taken to life support on Monday noon, said Ganashasthaya Kendra press adviser Jahangir Alam Mintu. He is currently under the treatment of Professor Brigadier General (Retd) Dr Mamun Mustafi, head of the Nephrology Department of Ganashasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College. He said, “The condition ...

AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker of Cumilla-6 constituency, Cumilla Shop Owners Association, Cumilla City Mayor Arfanul Haque Rifat Panel Mayor Manzoor Quader Moni, donated Tk 26 lakh to the traders of Bangabazar which was burnt to ashes in a massive fire last week. The Awami League leader handed over a check for Tk 26 lakh to Helal Uddin, president of Bangladesh ...

The country’s total population stood at 16,98,28,911, according to the adjusted population in light of the PEC report of the sixth Population and Housing Census, 2022. Considering the 2.75 percent Net Coverage Error (NCE), some 46,70,295 people have been added to the initially enumerated population and thus the total number of population stood at 16,98,28,911, reports BSS. Out of the ...

Motorcycle will be allowed to ply on the highways, but not on Padma Bridge, during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader stated it to reporters after a meeting ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr at BRTA headquarters in the capital on Sunday. Earlier, the authorities banned motorcycle movement on the highways before Eid-ul-Azha to avert accidents. Quader also ...

If judges are the right hand in the judiciary, lawyers are the left hand, Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique has said. If one hand becomes disabled, then the work will not proceed as desired, he said at a function organised by Faridpur Bar Association on Sunday morning. Chaired by Ohiduzzaman, president of Faridpur district bar association, the meeting was conducted ...

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Sunday (April 9) granted bail to Prothom Alo journalist Shamsuzzaman Shams in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) with Tejgaon Police Station. Magistrate Mohammad Sheikh Sadi of the court passed the order when Shamsuzzaman surrendered before the court and sought a bail in the case. Advocates Ehsanul Huque Samaji and Prashanto ...

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Sunday said that Bangabazar traders, whose businesses burned down in the recent fire at the market, will be able resume business by setting up cots from next Wednesday. “We are hoping that by Wednesday they can set up the temporary bench there and start their business. The place will ...