Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought increased energy particularly Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Qatar to meet the energy demand amid the Ukraine war. She made the request during a meeting with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held on the sidelines of the United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Qatar National ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the international community to pay their dues under international commitments and renew their commitment for real structural transformation in LDCs as these nations do not ask for charity. “Our nations do not ask for charity; what we seek are our dues under international commitments,” she said while addressing the opening Plenary Meeting of ...

Three persons were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion at a building in Science Lab area in the capital on Sunday morning. The deceased were Shafiquzzaman, Abdul Mannan and Tusher. The trio succumbed to their injuries at Popular Diagnostic Centre on arrival. Twenty injured, some are pedestrians and some are shopkeepers, are receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical ...

NASA has recognised the contributions of the Landsat 9 calibration/validation team with the Robert H Goddard Award – Science. The combined Landsat Cal/Val Team is led by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and also includes South Dakota State University, Rochester (New York) Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the United Nations to take special and effective measures to stop the Ukraine-Russia war as soon as possible, saying as fast as the war will be ended it will be better for the people. “We are suffering a lot as a result of the war. Inflation has increased, especially due to non-arrival of goods ...

Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair today paid a courtesy call on Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter’s office here. During the meeting, they discussed the UK’s contribution to the Great War of Liberation, the development of democracy in Bangladesh, the ongoing development ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has inaugurated electronic gate (e-gate) at Benapole Immigration Check Post in Jashore. He inaugurated the e-gate on Saturday (March 4) afternoon. Six gates have been constructed under the first phase. Three gates have been constructed for entry into India and three for passport passengers coming from India. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Home Minister ...

President M Abdul Hamid asked all concerned, including university authorities, to ensure job-oriented education so that no educated unemployed manpower becomes the burden of the society. The President, also the Chancellor of the University, came up with the directive as he opened the educational programme of ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University, Kishoreganj’ at his native district on Saturday. The Head ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday had a breakfast meeting with Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at her official Ganabhaban residence. During the meeting, the former British prime minister apprised the Bangladesh premier of his institute’s activities, reports BSS. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Doha on Saturday morning to attend the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), to be held on March 5-9. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and her entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11.15 am. The flight is scheduled to land at Hamad ...