Bangladesh

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Thursday said the newly announced visa policy was “merely their way of helping” the democratic electoral process in Bangladesh. He made the remarks while talking to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after his meeting with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday, reports UNB. Ambassador Haas said they had discussed ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning wrapping up her three-day official visit to Qatar. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5.58am. Earlier, the flight departed Hamad International Airport at 10.25pm local time (01:25am BST) for Dhaka, BSS reports. On May 22, Sheikh Hasina ...

The 124th birth anniversary of national and rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being celebrated across the country through various programmes. President Mohammed Shahbuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages paying rich tributes to the memory of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. This year’s theme of the day is ‘Agnibinar Shatabarsha: Bangabandhur Chetanai Shanitarup’. The birth anniversary of ...

Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election began at 8am on Thursday in a peaceful manner. The voting is being held under Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at 480 polling centers under the GCC areas. Eight candidates are contesting for mayoral posts in the election and there are 248 councillors and 79 female councilor candidates. The GCC, constituted with a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday met Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani at Amiri Diwan in Doha. Different issues, particularly, bilateral cooperation on energy, business, investment and Bangladeshi manpower, as well as Muslim Ummah, development of Bangladesh prominently came up at the discussion, reports BSS. “The meeting was held in a very warm environment,” said Foreign ...

DOHA, (QATAR) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the next general election in Bangladesh will be held in a free and fair manner upholding democracy and voting rights of the people. “So, under our government, definitely election will be free and fair,” she told a session titled “In conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina” at the Qatar Economic Forum ...

The government has taken an initiative to purchase 340 electric Korean AC bus as part of its various initiatives to make the road communication of the capital comfortable. There is Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) from the airport to Gazipur and one of its ramps has already been opened to traffic. The metrorail has started from Uttara to Agargaon. These electric ...

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader talks to journalists in Rangpur on Wednesday (May 24) afternoon. Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader has observed that a free, fair and impartial election will never be possible under the existing system of voting. “We firmly believe that a free, fair and impartial general election will never be possible under the existing system which is ...

  On 22 May members of an European delegation spoke at the conference on recognition of the the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh. It was held at the place where the genocide began, Dhaka University. The academic consensus that the events which took place during the Bangladesh Liberation War should be seen as genocide is convincing. The facts speak for themselves: ...

Saudi Arabia has offered to make large scale investment in various sectors of Bangladesh as the country has a stable government and good record of economic growth. Saudi Arabian Minister of Investment Khalid A. Al-Faliah and Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim came up with the offer when they jointly called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her place ...