Bangladesh

The historic May Day is being observed today in the country and elsewhere across the world in a befitting manner. The theme of the day for this year is ‘Healthy Workers, Productive Hands, A New Dawn Awaits (Sustho Sramik, Karmotho Hat, Ashbe Ebar Nobo Provat).’ The day has been being observed across the globe since 1890 commemorating the supreme sacrifices ...

Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Erik Kurzweil paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Thursday (30 April). During the talks, the two sides discussed Bangladesh-EU bilateral relations, trade and investment, development cooperation, as ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said the government does not want to use religion for political purposes. “We do not want to engage in politics using religion for political gain, and we have not done so in the past either,” he said. He made the remarks in a written statement on Thursday after exchanging greetings with leaders of the Buddhist ...

Two separate bills were passed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday aiming to make amendments to remove the maximum age limit for the posts of Chairman and Commissioner of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and Chairman and Member of Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA). By the passage of the two bills, the government will be able to appoint ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has told parliament that a total of 23,865 cases filed for political harassment have been withdrawn after the BNP came to power. He said the process of withdrawing the remaining cases is still ongoing. The statement was made on Thursday during a session of the national parliament in response to a written ...

Former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation Selina Hayat Ivy has been granted bail by the High Court in two cases filed with Siddhirganj Police Station. The order was issued on Thursday by a High Court bench comprising Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher. Meanwhile, the Appellate Division is set to deliver its order on Sunday regarding bail ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday called upon the Members of Parliament (MPs) to take initiatives to create public awareness to resolve waterlogging. The Leader of the House made the call responding to a concern raised by treasury bench lawmaker from Chattogram-10 constituency Sayeed Al Noman in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) this morning with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, ...

Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday expressed optimism about further strengthening bilateral relations with a focus on trade, investment and manpower export cooperation. Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah Ali Khasif Al Humoudi paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir at the Prime Minister’s Tejgaon office at noon. During the meeting, ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said that 37,814 female heads of low-income and vulnerable households have been brought under the Family Card programme to provide social protection. He said each of these households is receiving a monthly allowance of Tk2,500 to support marginal and low-income families. The Prime Minister made the remarks in response to a written question from ...

Bangladesh has called for accelerated global action on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, urging nuclear-weapon states to honour commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Bangladesh made the call at the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons held at United Nations Headquarters in New York yesterday, according to an official handout received here today. Speaking ...