Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that because of the current government’s fascist attitude, journalists feel impelled to resort to self-censorship. He voiced his concerns over the state of democracy and freedom of the press in Bangladesh, saying, “It’s a shame, and it hurts to see some media personalities and owners speaking in favour of this terrible ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   We are trying to contribute to the lessening of the sufferings of humanity and uphold democracy. We have to come together against all Neo-colonial neoliberal efforts to distort the image of our country, a country born out of the human rights struggle in ’71, is true to the principles and fundamentals of democracy and human rights, ...

Bangladesh and Germany signed two technical cooperation agreements on Tuesday against two projects in the fields of the Sundarbans Mangroves and in tanneries. The agreements are on the projects titled “Integrated management of the Sundarbans Mangroves and the Marine Protected Area ‘Swatch of No Ground (SoNG)’ Bangladesh” and “Good Working Conditions in Tanneries (GOTAN)”. Secretary of Economic Relations Division (ERD) ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said World Health Organization (WHO) Director General (DG) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highly praised the Bangladesh government’s measures for overall development of health sector to ensure health services to all. “The WHO director general highly lauded government’s steps to develop overall health system and ensure health services for all in Bangladesh,” he said ...

The ruling Awami Lwague has announced its 8-day non-stop programmes starting from September 23. After a meeting, the party joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif announced the programmes, to be held in Dhaka outside the capital, on Tuesday from its Dhanmondi office. On September 23, AL will hold a rally at Baitul Mukarram’s south gate. Metropolitan North AL will hold ...

The United States has reiterated its desire to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh. US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya met Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen in New York on September 18 and discussed issues of mutual interest. She described her meeting with the foreign secretary as a “productive conversation”, on the margins ...

Bangladesh and Hungary on Monday signed one agreement and two MoUs to enhance cooperation in different fields including economic and health. The documents were signed in presence of Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Hungarian Foreign and Commerce Minister Peter Szijjarto, reports UNB. The three instruments are: ‘Agreement on Economic Cooperation’, ‘MoU on Cooperation within the Framework of ...

The suspension period of the jail term of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been extended by another six months. The Security Service Department of the Home Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard. Joint Secretary of the department (Prison Wing) Md Ziaul Haque confirmed the matter. With this, the government has so far extended Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension ...

BNP today announced a 15-day fresh anti-government movement starting from September 19 to press home their demands for the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and resignation of Awami League government. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan made the announcement at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office on Monday. The party has taken decision to go ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh welcomes the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in favor of Guyana. He was chairing the virtual meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana (CMGG) held on the sidelines of the 78th UNGA in New York on September 17, reports UNB. Dr Momen mentioned that Bangladesh is pleased ...