Bangladesh

A petition has been filed with the High Court, seeking quashing of charges framed against Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case lodged over violation of labour laws. Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun, lawyer of Dr Yunus, filed the petition on Wednesday. The HC bench of Justice Habibul Gani and Justice Ahmed Sohel listed the matter for hearing on Wednesday. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh Coast Guard will be developed as a modern and time-fitting force to carry out its growing responsibility. “Our (its) responsibility will go up in future. Keeping eyes on it, we’ve our own thoughts that we’ll build this Coast Guard as a modern and time-befitting,” she said. The premier was addressing the commissioning ...

The Election Commission (EC) is observing the Sylhet and Rajshahi city corporation elections today from the EC auditorium in Dhaka. A temporary control room has been set up to monitor the elections in the two cities. Election Commissioners Brigadier General Md Ahsan Habib Khan, Md. Alamgir and Rasheda Sultana have been observing the overall situation since 6 am this morning. ...

Rajshahi and Sylhet City Corporations’ elections are going on peacefully through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The voting began at 8am on Wednesday. For the first time in Rajshahi City Corporation’s history, elections are being held in all 155 centres through (EVMs). People were seen standing in long queues to cast their votes since morning in both cities. Eight mayoral candidates ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to emphasize more on availing funding from the foreign sources alongside the local funding to ensure project financing. She also noted that if the trend on timely implementation of foreign-aided projects increases, then disbursement of foreign loans would increase which would also put an impact on the foreign currency reserves. ...

A Dhaka court on Tuesday adjourned till July 25 the hearing of Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and seven others. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-9 at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj passed the order as plaintiff of the case and then assistant director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Mohammad Mahbubul Alam continued submitting ...

The Secure Transactions of (Moveable Assets) Bill, 2023 was placed in Parliament on Tuesday, aiming to bring movable property under the definition of collateral for bank loans. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the Bill and it was sent to the respective scrutiny committee for further examination. The Committee was asked to submit its report within 15 days. If enacted ...

The Japan government will provide 500 Japanese yen (about USD 4 million) as grant for Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4) of the country. Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Iwama Kiminorio and Economic Relations Division Secretary Sharifa Khan signed the Exchange of Notes on the Japanese Grant aid, a press release issued by Japanese Embassy said. Based on this agreement between ...

Metro rail service will remain closed on Eid day. And there has been a change in the schedule of metro rail from June 22. A press release, signed by Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) public relations officer Nazmul Hossain, confirmed this matter. As per the new time-table, the trains will run every 10 minutes from 8:00am to 11:00pm (peak ...

The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act, 2023 with maximum punishment for land-related forgeries and offenses. Under the draft law, the maximum punishment for land forgery would be seven-year imprisonment, while the minimum is two-year jail. The approval came from the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at ...