Bangladesh

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Monday denounced the BNP’s call for movement in the month of Ramadan disregarding its sanctity and peace in public life, urging the countrymen to remain alert about any move against the country’s development. “They (BNP) have announced movement even in the month of Ramadan. Give the people a sigh of ...

King of the United Kingdom (UK) Charles III had said he looks forward to the continuing warm friendship and the strong and close partnership between the two countries, including as members of the Commonwealth, in this special year of the tenth anniversary of the Commonwealth Charter. “As you, and Bangladeshis everywhere, celebrate today, my wife joins me in sending you ...

All government, semi-government, autonomous, semi-autonomous institutions and banks started their work at new timing on Monday due to Ramadan. The new office hours are from 9am-3:30pm. Of that, only 15 minutes break from 1:15pm-1:30pm for Zuhr prayer. Banking transactions will go on from 9:30am-2:30pm. Banks will remain open till 4:30pm. Meanwhile, primary schools across the country will remain open till ...

Fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be brought back to the country soon, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Sunday. “We are trying to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers who remain fugitive,” he said while talking to reporters after paying tribute to the martyrs at Rajarbagh Police Lines Shaheed Memorial, reports UNB. “We are observing ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday released commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of Independence Day. The PM unveiled the commemorative postage stamp ofTk 10, the opening day cover ofTk 10and a data card ofTk 5at a ceremony at her official residence Ganobhaban, reports UNB. Later, Sheikh Hasina also unveiled a book, titled “Mujib’s Bangladesh”, published by the Civil Aviation ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 53rd Independence and National Day. The premier paid glowing tributes to the Father of the Nation by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in the capital, reports BSS. After laying the wreath, she ...

The nation is celebrating the 53rd Independence and National Day on Sunday (March 26) in a befitting manner. The day’s programmes began by placing wreaths at the altar of the National Memorial in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital. President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed the wreaths early in the morning as a mark of ...

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, early Sunday, marking the 53rd Independence and National Day. The President first placed the wreath at the altar of the memorial followed by the Prime Minister, reports BSS. ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP is a dalal (broker) party of Pakistan and that is why it should be resisted. He made the remark while speaking at a rally in front of AL’s Bangabandhu Avenue central office here this afternoon. Dhaka south and north units of Awami League arranged the joint rally, marking the Genocide ...

Terming the Election Commission’s letter inviting the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to a dialogue as the “latest strategy of vote rigging,” the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir asked, “Did anyone able to cast his ballot in the past? The Election Commission is going to the same thing again. This time, the pressure is high.” “Our neighbours ...