Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday warned that Bangladesh may turn into a tightly “regimented authoritarian” state like North Korea if their 10-point movement fails, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion, he also alleged that the Awami League government is completely destroying the main pillars of the state by introducing its own rules, regulations, and constitution. “We’ve ...

Incident of scuffles between Awami League and pro-BNP lawyers outside the polling centre took place on Thursday during the second day of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections. Both the lawyers engaged in the scuffles around 12:15pm soon after the voting began. After the incident, tense situation is prevailing in and around the court premises. The lawyers are also ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated 50 model mosques along with Islamic cultural centres in the third phase in parts of the country. She joined the inauguration event virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban. These model mosques include separate places for aju (ablution) and namaj along with air-conditioned system. Besides, there will be registration and training arrangements for hajj ...

Performing Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, is more expensive in Bangladesh than in other Asian countries, including India and Pakistan. While pilgrims in India and Pakistan pay around Tk 400,000 each, a Bangladeshi aspirant will have to pay Tk 6.83 lakh. The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) officials cited several reasons ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon youths to engage in nursing education and service on a large scale. “I will call on the youth folk to come forward to take nursing education and engage them in nursing service. It will not only create employment at home but also abroad,” she said. The premier said this while addressing as the chief ...

Voting in Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election has been suspended as pro-BNP lawyers started demonstrations soon after the polls began. Awami League-backed white panel lawyers started gathering in a queue from 8am to cast their votes. And some have cast their votes. But, later, authorities suspended the voting due to BNP-backed lawyers’ protest in the polling centre. A tense ...

First-day voting of the two-day Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election began on Wednesday morning amid some tense situations. As some 3,000 ballot papers were torn on Tuesday night, uncertainty loomed whether the election to the SCBA will be held or not. The voting began at 10am. Only Awami League-backed lawyers were seen.

Two other metro rail stations–Kazipara and Mirpur-11–were opened for commuters from Wednesday morning. Now, the passengers can get into and down at these stations. The two stations were opened at 8:30am. The trains at all the stations run from 8:30am to 12:30pm every day of the week except Tuesday. The metro rail will now stop at Uttara North, Uttara Center, ...

Bangladesh and Thailand have agreed to seriously explore the prospects of an FTA (free trade agreement) to further enhance the bilateral trade between the two countries. Bangladesh also apprised the Thai side that a qualitative feasibility study is being undertaken by the Ministry of Commerce in this regard, UNB reports. Bangladesh and Thailand agreed to hold the Joint Trade Committee ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought more cooperation from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development of Bangladesh mainly its education, skill enhancement and infrastructures. She called for the support when a visiting delegation of ADB led by its President Masatsugu Asakawa paid a courtesy call on her at Hotel Intercontinental Dhaka. Prime Minister’s Speech Writer Md Nazrul Islam ...