Bangladesh

The results of primary scholarship examinations-2022 have been suspended four hours after its publication. Directorate of Primary Education suspended the results by sending an e-mail to all district primary education officers at 5 pm on Tuesday. However, the reason behind suspension of the results was not informed. The e-mail sent to the district primary education officials said that the revised ...

Dhaka has invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pay a bilateral visit in Bangladesh in September this year, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Monday. “We have invited him (Trudeau) he will visit India in September to join the G20 summit, if he manage to come here that time it will be a plus plus,” he told media ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached the Haor upazila Mithamain in Kishoreganj district. A helicopter carrying the Premier reached Mithamain around 10:55am on Tuesday. She inaugurated the newly constructed Freedom Fighter Abdul Hamid Cantonment at 11:20am. Sheikh Hasina addresses a rally in President Abdul Hamid’s village home at Kamalpur after lunch.  

  British High Commission Dhaka yesterday held a reception to celebrate the England men’s cricket team’s visit to Bangladesh and the upcoming ODI and T20I cricket series between England and Bangladesh. Players from both Bangladesh and England cricket teams, along with technical and coaching staff attended the reception. British Deputy High Commissioner Javed Patel welcomed guests and said: “I am ...

Amidst huge crowd, Argentina’s Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Monday inaugurated the new embassy of the South American country in Dhaka’s Banani area. “This should be a stepping stone to build better relations between the two countries,” said the Argentine Foreign Minister, acknowledging the enormous love and respect shown by the ...

Dhaka has invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pay a bilateral visit in Bangladesh in September this year, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said here today. “We have invited him (Trudeau) … he will visit India in September to join the G20 summit, if he manage to come here that time it will be a plus plus,” he ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia went to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. She left for Evercare Hospital at 4:15 pm and reached the hospital at 5:30 pm for health check-ups. Khaleda’s personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said the BNP chief will undergo routine health check-ups in the hospital. The medical board formed earlier, led by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder, ...

The High Court on Monday dismissed bail plea of Chumki Karan, wife of suspended officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf police station and death row convict Pradeep Kumar Das, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). A High court division bench comprising Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam scrapped the bail plea and ordered to prepare ...

The High Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the reports of Awami League (AL) lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Miah Golap’s nine houses in New York, US. The HC bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing on the writ petition filed on Sunday (February 26). Supreme Court lawyer Barrister ...

Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Santiago Andres Cafiero is now in Dhaka on a two-day visit. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 8am on Monday. He will have a bilateral meeting with his Argentine counterpart at state guesthouse Jamuna in the evening. Argentina is reopening ...