Bangladesh

The Canadian House of Commons has passed Bill S-214 on International Mother Language Day (IMLD) Act. By adopting this bill, Canada will now officially honour IMLD on February 21 every year. It is a historic moment for Bangladeshi Canadians and the proponents of mother tongues globally, said the Bangladesh High Commission in Canada on Friday. On the occasion, the high ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday laid emphasis on strengthening the economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Vietnam for the mutual benefit of the both countries as the outgoing Ambassador of Vietnam in Dhaka Pham Viet Chien called on her at Ganabhaban. Briefing reporters after the call on, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said that during the meeting they discussed ...

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party has been carrying out a fight against the current ‘autocratic’ regime for the restoration of democracy. Seventeen leaders and activists have already sacrificed their lives in the ongoing movement while 35 lakh others have been facing ‘false and fake’ cases, said Fakhrul at an iftar party on Thursday at ...

Bangladesh has called on the European Union (EU) to extend the transition period of GSP (EBA) from three years to six years for ensuring smoother graduation. A delegation from Bangladesh led by Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah called on Maximilian Krah, member of the EU, in Brussels Thursday. The delegation included Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters ...

The government nominated three individuals and two institutions for the National Environment Award- 2022 for their outstanding contributions to environmental conservation and pollution control, environmental education and environmental research and technological innovation in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Committee on Nomination of the National Environment Award-2022 held in the conference room of the ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Prothom Alo reporter Shamsuzzaman Shams to jail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act after rejecting his bail petition. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Md Tofazzal Hossain turned down the bail petition. Earlier, Ramna Model Police Station Inspector Abu Ansar, also investigating officer of the case, requested the court for sending ...

The metro rail service will be operated from 8am to 2pm from April 5. The metro rail services are currently available from 8:30am to 12:30pm. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), informed this at a press conference at DMTCL office on Thursday. The two new metro rail stations -Uttara South and Shewrapara–will be open to ...

A case was filed against the editor of the country’s leading newspaper, Prothom Alo, alongside other staff members under the Digital Security Act (DSA) early Thursday. Lawyer Abdul Malek (Mashiur Malek) lodged the case at about 1.30am with Ramna Police Station. The newspaper’s editor and publisher Matiur Rahman, reporter Shamsuzzaman Shams, an unnamed ‘assistant cameraman’, and unnamed others have been ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred till April 9 the hearing on charge framing against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for acquiring wealth beyond their known sources of income and concealing information in their affidavits. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special judge Md Asaduzzaman fixed the fresh date. ...

Japan will provide $1.27 billion for the tranche of the Matarbari Port Development Project, Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway improvement project, and for the construction of a dual gauge double line (railway) between Joydebpur-Ishwardi sections. In this regard, loan agreements for the projects were signed between Bangladesh and Japan at the Economic Relations Division (ERD). Sharifa Khan, Secretary, ERD, and IWAMA Kiminori, ...