Bangladesh

President Abdul Hamid returned home on Wednesday evening from Singapore. He went there for medical checkup and treatment of eyes, his press secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President and his entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6pm after nine days of visit, UNB reports. Liberation War Affairs Minister ...

The 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into 22nd session tomorrow (April 6). The session will also be a special session of the JS to mark Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad’s 50th anniversary. Earlier, President Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him by Article 72 (1) of the constitution, said parliament secretariat sources today. The session, the second session of this ...

A total of 538 people were killed and 1,138 injured in 487 road accidents across the country in March this year, according to a report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS). Among the deceased, 90 were women and 50 were children. BJKS, a passenger welfare platform, stated this through a press release on Wednesday. It prepared the report based on ...

The repayment of the loan taken for construction of Padma Bridge started with Tk 316.91 crore paid to the government in the first two installments on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a cheque of Tk 316,90,97,049 as the first and second installments of the loan, UNB reports. Road Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader handed over the cheque to the premier ...

Though Bangabazar Market fire was completely doused, but still there is found smoke of the rubble after 29 hours. Fire men are spraying water. But there is no possibility to spread the fire. Meanwhile, Firefighters are working on the two floors of Annexco Tower as flame is also found on those floor. Habibur Rahman, a worker of Imran Garments of ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a total of 11 projects involving an overall estimated cost of Tk 4,252.66 crore. Of the total project cost, Tk 3,645.21 crore will come from the government fund while the rest of Taka 607.45 crore as project assistance. The approval came at the weekly ECNEC meeting held at ...

Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury on Tuesday handed over the audit reports to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Muslim Chowdhury met the Prime Minister at her official residence Ganabhaban in the morning, reports UNB. He presented a total of 47 audit reports for appraisal of her before submitting it to the President for presentation to the ...

Bangladesh Shop Owners Association on Tuesday urged the government to allocate Tk 700 crore initially for the small traders of Bangabazar market to recoup their losses caused by the massive fire that burnt the market to ashes, reports UNB. After visiting Bangabazar market in Dhaka, president of the association Helal Uddin told reporters that around 5,000 shops, mostly owned by ...

A special train with seven compartments has left Bhanga railway station in Faridpur on Tuesday. The train left the station around 1:21pm for Mawa. Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan inaugurated the programme. The train will reach Mawa, on the eastern end of the Padma Bridge, after crossing a 42-km track. Through this, the train journey started for the first time ...

At least eight firefighters were injured in mob attack at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters on Tuesday, opposite to Bangabazar Shopping Complex. The attack incident happened at about 9am. The attackers also vandalised several vehicles parked inside the headquarters, said Shahjahan Shikder, senior station manager of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters. Eyewitnesses said a group of angry ...