Bangladesh

While Bangladesh seeks to diversify its economy and in particular its exports, it also should improve working conditions and wages in the RMG sector and beyond, said a UN expert on Monday. “There is ample room for increasing the minimum wage,” UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter at the end of a 12-day visit ...

Bangladesh and China on Sunday reviewed the ongoing efforts for repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar smoothly and on an expedited basis. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen thanked the Chinese government for making sincere efforts for the safe and quick repatriation of the displaced population, UNB reports. Momen and Vice Foreign Minister of China Sun Weidon agreed ...

A court in Dhaka on Monday set July 13 for holding hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others. The date was announced by Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2, as the defence lawyers pleaded for time on Begum Zia’s poor health ground. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said that the US visa policy has created a huge pressure on the BNP as the party has no scope of resisting the elections. “At a press briefing of the US State Department, they said that they have no headache over the caretaker government system. They want ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought firm commitment of the international communities, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to ensure safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingyas. “We need strong commitment from international communities, including the OIC, to ensure safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingyas,” she said. The Premier made the remarks when OIC Secretary General Hissein ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh doesn’t want any more conflict rather it wants to improve the quality of people’s lives. “We don’t want any more unrest, conflict. We want to improve the quality of people’s lives. And we always wish it,” she said. In this regard, Sheikh Hasina referred to the peaceful democratic environment that prevailing in the ...

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha has urged the member states to do more and help The Gambia with funds to run the case in the International Court of Justice on Rohingya genocide. “We call upon all OIC member states to join them in this case and give support to this fund created by OIC. This ...

Gazipur City Awami League president Advocate Md Azmat Ullah Khan has paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban. During the meeting on Sunday afternoon, Azmat Ullah Khan handed over two books written by him to the premier, Prime Minister’s deputy press secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher told BSS. The two books are ‘Rajnitir Mahakabi ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday asked all members of the Bangladesh Police to be more people-friendly in every activity. “Police members should take care so that their works become more people-friendly,” the President told Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun when he paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban in the afternoon, BSS reports. The President ...

The Bangladesh Embassy in Mexico City celebrated Bengali New Year 1430 with a vibrant and festive event on Saturday (May 27) at the Chancery. Originally scheduled for April 14, the celebration was rescheduled to May due to the holy month of Ramadan. The festivities commenced with the traditional “Procession for Wellbeing (Mongal Shovajatra)” from the Embassy premises, said a press ...