Bangladesh

A man, aged around 30 years old, was killed after a fire quickly tore through a residential building in the capital’s Gulshan Sunday evening, the fire service said. He was declared dead at 10:25pm after being rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the hospital’s police outpost, said. Twenty-two people have been rescued so far from ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the goal of her government is to promote democracy and uplift people’s living standard. “Our goal is to preserve democracy and improve the fate of the people,” she said while inaugurating the Mirpur-Kalshi flyover for vehicular movement. The prime minister opened the 2.34 km flyover at a function at Kalshi intersection near Balur ...

The United Kingdom on Sunday underlined the importance of maintaining a level-playing field for foreign companies interested in investing and operating in Bangladesh. The UK invited Bangladesh to engage with the UK private sector to pursue a commercial dispute resolution system to unlock the full potential of Foreign Direct Investment into Bangladesh. At the Bangladesh-UK Trade and Investment Dialogue 2023 ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not be able to contest in the next general election because of her conviction for corruption, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday. However, it is her personal matter whether she will take part in politics or not. The government will not interfere in this regard, he said. The law minister was talking to reporters ...

Bangladesh nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a two-day programme ahead of February 21. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced this on Sunday at a press conference. He said they will keep their party and national flags at half-mast and hoist black flags at Nayapaltan central office at 6 am on February 21. The leaders and activists of the ...