Bangladesh

The process of amendment to law to prosecute Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a criminal organization is underway, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said. “It is Awami League government who executed exemplary punishment by trying the top leaders of Jamaat in the cases of crimes against humanity. Therefore, there is no lack of sincerity of the government about the trial of Jamaat. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday attended the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London. The ceremony, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, sees His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside the Queen Consort, BSS reports. Sheikh Hasina earlier on May 5 attended King Charles III’s reception for heads of state and government or overseas representatives in ...

A Joint Communique has been signed between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom to establish ‘Aviation Partnership’ for the overall development of Bangladesh’s aviation sector. After signing the Joint Communique, through a delightful tweet, UK Investment Minister Lord Dominic Johnson expressed UK’s commitment in strengthening Bangladesh’s aviation sector and commented that Bangladesh’s aviation industry will be strengthened through an effective Aviation ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today exchanged pleasantries with the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a biennial summit of governmental leaders from all Commonwealth nations, here this afternoon. On her arrival at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Sheikh Hasina was received by Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland. The summit was ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday afternoon attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event in London. The event started at 2pm local time (7:00pm Bangladesh Time) at Marlborough House of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Pall Mall. At the event, Sheikh Hasina had Interaction with King Charles III, head of the Commonwealth at the Delegate’s Lounge. She will join the Commonwealth joint family ...

The death of Russian woman, who worked at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district, is unnatural, said police. The victim Riabovo Gulnara, 51, worked at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, is an employee of Russian company Atomstroyexport (ASE). She was found dead in Room No-146 of Building No-13 of Green city residential area on Thursday ...

A total of 675 Bangladesh nationals looking to leave crisis-hit Sudan have reached Port Sudan from Khartoum so far. ‘Those who are without passports have already been provided with travel permits,’ state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam said in a Facebook post on Thursday. ‘We’ll evacuate women, children and people with illness  to Jeddah in the first phase ...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the summer cyclone will likely occur in the Bay of Bengal around May 9. IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said the guidance of numerical models indicates the formation of a cyclonic storm around May 9, but its movement and intensification may be determined after the low-pressure area forms on May 7. Cyclone ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted Dhaka and its adjacent areas on Friday morning, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The quake hit around 5:57am and lasted eight seconds. According to the United States Geological Survey website, the quake’s epicentre was 14 kilometres East South East (ESE) of Dohar upazila. No casualties or fire hazards were reported immediately.

A 20-member Rohingya delegation, who were forcibly displaced from Myanmar staying in Bangladesh camps, left for Myanmar state on Friday morning to inspect the facilities prepared by the government there ahead of a repatriation of the first batch of refugees. They were accompanied by seven government officials led by Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner in Cox’s Bazar Mohammed Mizanur Rahman. ...