Bangladesh

The voting in two-day polls to elect the office bearers for 2023-2024 of Dhaka Bar Association, believed to be the largest Bar of Asia, started at 9am on Wednesday. The balloting will go on till 5pm with one hour recess from 1pm to 2pm on both of the days. A total of 46 candidates are vying for 27 posts. Some ...

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed throughout the country on the night of March 7 (Tuesday) as the new noon of the holy month of Shaban of Hijri 1444 was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Tuesday evening. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee held at the Islamic ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for research to preserve, revitalise and develop the mother languages of the world. “I always put emphasis on research. The reason is that enrichment of anything is not possible without research,” she said. The PM said this while inaugurating a four-day programme of the International Mother Language Institute at Segunbagicha to ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said that Bangladesh would renew its efforts for making Bangla one of the official languages of the United Nations when the global body will go through a greater reform. He said there is huge involvement of funds in the process, and it needs to think whether spending such a huge ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday demanded to make Bengali one of the official languages of the United Nations. “Let the spirit of Amar Ekushey inspire the fight against the anti-liberation forces,” he said. Obaidul Quader made the comment after paying tribute at Central Shaheed Minar to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement by placing wreaths marking ...

President, PM lay wreaths at Central Shaheed Minar The historic Amar Ekushey, February 21, is today (Tuesday). Commemorating the language martyrs, the day is being observed as Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day across the world including Bangladesh as the UNESCO recognised the day as the International Mother Language Day on November 17, 1999. The day is a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the United Nations to help Bangladesh in relocating Rohingyas to Bhashanchar island. She made the plea while UN resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis called on her at her official residence, Ganabhaban, UNB reports. PM’s Speech Writer M Nazrul Islam told reporters that the prime minister mentioned that over one million Myanmar nationals, Rohingyas, are ...

Marking International Mother’s Language day, United Nations Development Programme has launched the Unicode version, with seven different iterations, of the UN Bangla font to ease access to the internet for Bengali language users. The UN Bangla font was first released on 21 February 2020 with a single version for offline use. The Unicode version was launched by UNDP Resident Representative ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to United Hospital on Monday due to respiratory problem. The party media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter at 12:30pm. Earlier this morning, the senior BNP leader came to BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office. There he fell sick at 11:30am and was taken to the hospital. He is now under ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conferred ‘Ekushey Padak 2023’ to 19 eminent personalities and two organizations in recognition of their contributions to various fields. She handed over the Ekushey Padak, the country’s second highest civilian award, at a ceremony at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka. The Cultural Affairs Ministry organised the event on the occasion of ‘Amar Ekushey’ and International ...