Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will flag off the much awaited 102-kilometre Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail line on Saturday, bridging up the country’s tourist hub with the port city through the railway connectivity as well. She will unveil the new rail route (from Dohazari in Chattogram to Cox’s Bazar) for train movement from a ceremony in newly constructed Cox’s Bazar Railway Station. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to take measures against the individual who has threatened a foreign diplomat through his public speech. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam confirmed it on Friday, reports UNB. He said Bangladesh respects all norms and responsibilities related to diplomatic relations and expects full reciprocity. The prime minister issued the directives while charing ...

A total of 64 buses were set on fire in the capital from October 28 to November 9, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Sixty-four cases have, so far, been filed with different police stations in the capital in connection with the arson attacks. DMP Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime and Operations) Khandaker Mahid Uddin revealed the information at a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after inaugurating the ‘Mrityunjoyee Prangyan’ which consists a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has said that this sculpture of Bangabandhu is merely not a sculpture, it is a history to know the country. “This sculpture of Father of the Nation is merely not a sculpture, it’s a history. It’s a history ...

Shaheed Nur Hossain Day, a red-letter day to restore democracy in the country, is being observed on Friday (November 10) in befitting manner. On this day in 1987, Awami Juba League (AJL) leader Nur Hossain, who imprinted his bare chest and back with the slogans ‘Free democracy’ and ‘Down with autocracy’, embraced martyrdom in police firing during an anti-autocracy demonstration ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has asked garments workers to join work accepting the newly announced minimum wage. “I am asking the garment workers to join work under the newly increased wages. They must proceed with their work,” she said while speaking at Awami League’s executive committee meeting at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Thursday (November 9). She ...

After two days’ break, the main opposition BNP and like-minded parties are going to announce another 48-hour blockade from Sunday (November 12). The announcement was made on Thursday afternoon. Though the hartal programme was discussed as an alternative to the blockade in the fourth phase, in the end, the BNP’s high command decided to call for the blockade, a party ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday asked the Election Commission (EC) to play responsible role with courage and sincerity to hold next national elections in a free, fair and credible manner following the constitutional rules and regulations. “It is not possible for the Election Commission (EC) alone to conduct a free and fair election . . . A fair and credible ...

Advocate Tamanna Ferdous has been relieved from the post of assistant attorney general for slapping and humiliating her collegue. The Solicitor Wing under the Law and Justice Division of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a notice in this regard on Thurday at the directive of the President. Earlier, on October 9 last assistant attorney general Tamanna ...

The US State Department has termed the threat to beat US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas ‘deeply unhelpful’. Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department, Vedant Patel, made the remark while replying to a query from a journalist at a regular briefing on Wednesday. Mujibul Huque Chowdhury, Chambal union parishad chairman and Union Awami League convener under Banshkhali upazila in ...