Bangladesh

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has laid emphasis on accelerating efforts to bring justice for the Rohingyas. At a media briefing in Dhaka on Friday afternoon, he said there is a gap between promises and delivery of justice, reports UNB. Chief prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar to hear testimony from survivors of alleged genocide by Myanmar’s military ...

Six members of a family were killed as a bus hit a battery-run autorickshaw in Lebutala area of Jashore town on Friday. The accident took place in the area at about 6.30pm, said Katwali Police Station OC Tajul Islam. Details of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday inaugurated the test run of trains on Agargaon-Motijheel route of metro rail. He inaugurated the test run by waving a green flag at the metro rail’s Agargaon Station on Friday afternoon. Speaking on the occasion, Obaidul Quader said launching of the movement of metro rail between Agargaon and Motijheel portion is ...

Five Rohingya people were killed and some others were injured in a gunfight between two groups at Rohingya camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar district early Friday. The deceased were Anwar Hossain, 24, resident of Camp-8 West H-49 Block; Mohammad Hamim, 16, residents of Camp-8 West A-21 Block; Nurul Amin, 24, of Camp-13; and Md Nazimullah of Camp-10, H-42 Block. ...

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations in 2024 will be held on the revised syllabus formulated in 2023. Tests will be held on all subjects and each examination will be three hours long and will carry full marks. A circular signed by Tapan Kumar Sarker, the president of inter-boards coordination committee, and also the chairman of Dhaka Education ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Brussels: Bangladesh and the EU seek to expand their cooperation beyond trade into areas such as climate change, security, connectivity, migration, and the blue economy. The EU and Bangladesh have agreed to initiate negotiations for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) this year to strengthen their partnership said Ambassador Mahbub Hassan Saleh, Ambassador of the Embassy ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated a new office for officers of the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat. She opened the office at the North Plaza of the parliament bhaban by cutting a ribbon. The Prime Minister later went around different sections of the office, reports UNB. Earlier on her arrival at the venue, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhary received the ...

India is giving enough importance on BIMSTEC while New Delhi would like to know Dhaka’s planning on it as Bangladesh is going to take Chair of the Bay of Bengal based regional economic bloc, said foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen today. “India is giving enough priority on BIMSTEC –so they would like to know what’s the new chair is thinking ...

Bangladesh and India agreed to intensify their efforts in achieving tangible progress in the field of trade and investment, connectivity, energy security, and climate change for ensuring shared peace and prosperity in the Bay of Bengal region. Both sides also discussed the ways and means of moving forward the BIMSTEC Process and make it a vibrant and successful organisation. Foreign ...

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Lilly Nicholls has said her country’s Indo-Pacific strategy recognises that the future of the world is interlinked. She was speaking at a roundtable jointly organized by BIPSS and Canadian High Commission on the contemporary issue titled ‘Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: A New Horizon of Opportunity.’ In her opening remarks, High Commissioner Nicholls highlighted the significance ...