Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned home after wrapping up her three-day official visit to Belgium. A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:51am on Friday. On board her return flight, the prime minister exchanged pleasantries with the passengers going from one seat to another. She ...

With the death of two more people, Khawja Tower, a high rise building in Mohakhali’s Amtoli, fire death toll rose to three. The deceased were Rafiqul Islam, 63, Aklima Rahman, 33, and Hasna Ranu, 27. Rafiqul Islam was the engineer of a company housed at the fire-ravaged 13-storeyed building. He fell sick due to huge smoke inside the office after ...

Three specialist doctors who came from the United States on Thursday conducted the surgical operation of the liver of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday night. They were accompanied by Dr FM Siddiqui, Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, Dr Abdullah Al Mamun and Dr Nuruddin Ahmed. The operation was going on at an operation theatre of Evercare Hospital at Gulshan in ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought support of the international community, including the European Union (EU), for an “early, safe and sustainable” repatriation of the forcibly-displaced Rohingyas. The prime minister said the repatriation of the Rohingyas, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland, Myanmar, is required for the sake of “peace and stability” in the region, reports UNB. The issue ...

Bangladesh and the United States (US) are keen to deepen their bilateral relations in addressing the defining challenges of climate change. This interest was expressed at the meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on Tuesday at the latter’s US state department office, said a ...

Three specialist physicians from Johns Hopkins University of the United States have arrived in Dhaka to treat ailing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital for more than two months. Dr Christo Georgiades, Dr James Peter Adam Hamilton, and Dr Hamid Ahmed Abdur Rab arrived in Dhaka at 7:40pm on Wednesday, said BNP Media ...

BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon has been picked up from a house in the city’s Sipahibagh area, alleged his family. He was detained at about 2am on Thursday from his brother’s Sipahibagh residence, said BNP chief’s press wing Shamsuddin Dider in the morning quoting Khokon’s wife Shirin Sultana. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked him ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the global leaders to stop war and restore mutual respect among the nations for ensuring peace and progress. “Human connectivity is the lifeline for peace and progress. We must put an end to wars, conflicts, and the arms race,” she said. The prime minister came up with the statement while addressing the opening ...

Three loan and grant agreements on Wednesday were signed among Bangladesh, European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission (EC) involving EUR 407 million to support renewable energy sector of Bangladesh at Brussels in Belgium, reports BSS. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with the EC President Ursula von der Leyen and EIB President Werner Hoyer witnessed the signing of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the European Union (EU) to give Bangladesh the GSP+ facilities to support the country in its development efforts following the LDC graduation in 2026. “I hope that the EU will offer GSP+ to Bangladesh to support our development following our LDC graduation in 2026,” she said in a statement at the signing ceremony ...