Bangladesh

President Mohammed Shahabuddin left Dhaka for Ankara on a six-day-visit to attend the installation ceremony of Turkish president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slated for June 3. “The President, at the invitation of the Turkey government, will attend the oath-taking ceremony of his Turkish counterpart at the Presidential Complex in Ankara at 5 pm (Turkey local time) there,” President’s press secretary Md ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today authenticated the proposed national budget for FY 2023-24 and the revised budget for FY 2022-23 for placing before the Jatiya Sangsad by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. The Head of the State authenticated the proposed national budget of over Taka 7.61 lakh crore for the next fiscal year (FY24) at his Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban office (parliament ...

The Election Commission is taking action plan as per a roadmap it prepared for the upcoming national election, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday. “We have already prepared a road map for the next parliamentary elections. Accordingly, we are developing our action plan and we are proceeding as per the scheduled date,” he told Japanese Ambassador to ...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed the proposed national budget of Tk 7.61 lakh crore for the next fiscal, saying that the government is targeting to attain economic growth of 7.5 per cent. “On the whole, we expect to return to higher growth trajectory and achieve a 7.5 per cent GDP growth in the coming fiscal year, by way ...

A court in Dhaka on Thursday deferred expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat’s hearing on charge framing in a graft case. Today was fixed for the charge graming. But following a time petition by Samrat’s lawyer, Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-6 Judge Monjurul Imam set July 6 for next hearing in the case. Samrat, who is now on bail, ...

Hajj pilgrims have expressed their satisfaction with the overall arrangement of the government to carry them to Saudi Arabia for performing the holy Islamic ritual. They said apart from a very few issues, everything at Hajj Camp in Ashkona of Dhaka are running smoothly and they are getting all necessary services after arriving there to catch their flights. Md Shahidul ...

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina has said Awami League (AL) lawmaker and noted film actor Akbar Hossain Pathan, who is popularly known as Farooq, played an unforgettable role during the Liberation War. “Farooq is a freedom fighter. He had been an active Chhatra League activist since the anti-Ayub movement. He made contributions to every struggle and ...

It is not worthy for the government to frighten any individual, or for any individual to be afraid of the government in the context of the present situation in Bangladesh, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at the biennial general meeting of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   A European delegation led by former Member of the Dutch Parliament and human rights activist Harry Van Bommel and comprised of genocide scholar from Amsterdam Dr Anthonie Holslag, UK security specialist Chris Blackburn, European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) Dutch President Bikash Chowdhury Barua and UK President Ansar Ahmad Ullah visited Chittagong 24 of May. The team accompanied ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the United States’ new visa policy is their own internal matter. They have wanted to know the reaction of Bangladesh in this regard. “We told them that Awami League would hold a free and fair general election. No election will be held in the country using musclemen and barrels of guns. The United ...