Bangladesh

Ekushey Padak-winning poet and freedom fighter Mohammad Rafiq passed away on Sunday night. He was 80. The poet breathed his last on his way to Dhaka from Barishal around 9 pm on Sunday, according to his family sources. Mohammad Rafiq had been suffering from various health complications. The family said Rafiq went to his hometown in Bagerhat three days ago. ...

Ashraful Hossain Alam, also known as Hero Alam, has filed a case against BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi for his defamatory speech against him (Alam). Judge of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Saiful Islam accepted the plaintiff’s statement and ordered the Detective Branch of police to investigate. The DB was asked to submit the report by ...

Newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) Sajjadul Hassan from Netrakona-4 and Md Mohiuddin Bacchu from Chattogram-10 took oath at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka on Sunday (August 6). Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the newly-elected MPs, said a press release. Parliament Secretariat Senior Secretary KM Abdus Salam conducted the oath-taking ceremony. After taking the ...

The body of eminent author and former member of parliament Professor Panna Kaiser has been kept on Central Shaheed Minar premise from 11am to 1pm for people from all walks of strata to pay their last tribute. People from different political, social, cultural organisations and other people paid their last respect to the former lawmaker at the Shaheed Minar. From ...

The hearing on the rule that questioned the labour court order framing charges against Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three others in a case filed over labour law violation will be held on Monday. Earlier this morning, a petition has been filed seeking a hearing date on the rule. Following the plea, an High Court bench of Justice Quddus ...

The 82nd death anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, is being observed on Sunday. Tagore died at the age of 80 on August 7 in 1941, according to the Gregorian calendar. But, his death anniversary is observed in Bangladesh on Sraban 22 of the Bangla ...

The death toll from a picnic trawler capsized in the River Padma in Munshiganj’s Lauhajang rose to eight after divers recovered four more bodies. Due to rough weather, Fire Service and Civil Defence members stopped their rescue drive around 2am on Sunday. They again started the search this morning, said Fire Service headquarters media divisional acting officer Shahjahan Shikder. The ...

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday directed the authorities concerned to create an environment to increase the export of leather and leather goods to US$ 5 billion within the next 3-4 years from the existing US$ 1.7 billion. The directive came from a meeting on the upgradation of the environmental compliance of tanneries in Savar, central effluent plant (CETP) ...

Bangladesh peacekeeping missions for the United Nations will come an end if repression on the opposition doesn’t stop and a fair election is not held in the country, said Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president ASM Abdur Rab. He made the remark while speaking at a protest rally organised in front of Jatiya Press Club demanding the release of arrested leaders ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday handed over the prestigious Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council (NSC) Award-2023 to ten sports personalities and two organisations in eight categories in recognition of outstanding contribution to sports. She distributed the awards among the winners on the occasion of the 74th birth anniversary of Shaheed captain Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of ...