Bangladesh

The United States-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) will independently and impartially conduct a joint pre-election assessment mission (PEAM) in Bangladesh. “The delegation will visit Bangladesh from October 7 to 13 and will include six delegates plus support staff,” US Embassy Spokesperson Bryan Schiller told the reporters at American centre in Dhaka on Thursday (September 21), ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed the apprehension that the country will be heading towards conflict if the government doesn’t resign from power. “As long as you [Sheikh Hasina’s government] remain in power, the country will be heading toward further conflict, further deterioration, and conflict will continue to increase. Conflict has not yet started,” he said. Mirza ...

The written examination of the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) will begin from November 27. The test will take place in eight divisions at a time, the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) said in a press release on Thursday. The exam hall, seat plan and related important instructions will be published in time on the PSC, and Teletalk websites. Earlier, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has signed the Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) to protect the world’s oceans and reverse from the damage done to fragile marine environment by overfishing and other human activities. The agreement was signed on Wednesday under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea at the Ground Floor, General assembly Building, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday alleged that Climate Vulnerable Forum’s repeated calls for an equal distribution of climate finance between adaptation and mitigation have received little response. “The Adaptation Fund needs to live up to expectations,” she said while speaking at a High-Level Thematic Session of Climate Ambition Summit “Delivering Climate Justice: Accelerating Ambition and Implementation on Adaptation and ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Wednesday) called for developing an international cooperation framework as part of the prevention of pandemics, placing five proposals to be addressed by the global community. “The COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point for us all. We lost many around the world. We realized that nature has its own limits for human intervention. We also ...

The United States has conveyed to Bangladesh that working with trading partners to support workers’ rights, including freedom of association and collective bargaining, is a top priority for the Biden-Harris Administration. The United States emphasized the importance of combatting violence against workers and union organizers, as well as anti-union discrimination and other unfair labour practices, reports UNB. Bangladesh and the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   The Mayor of Salisbury, Cllr Atiqul Hoque, represented our modern medieval City at the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Forum on the 13-14 September 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh; a country which has a unique connection to Salisbury. The invitation came from the Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC), Lord Marland of Odstock. The prestigious ...

Additional Inspector General of police (IGP) Habibur Rahman has been made new Police Commissioner of Dhaka. Habibur Rahman is currently the chief of Tourist Police. He will replace outgoing Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq, according to a notification issued by the home ministry in this regard on Wednesday. Khandker Faruq is going to retire on October 2 and Habibur Rahman will ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday was accorded special honour by the Brown University as the United Nations recognised her brainchild community clinic model to reach healthcare services to the Bangladesh people’s doorsteps. Dr. Mukesh K. Jain, Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences of The Warren Alpert Medical School of the Brown University ...