Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the much-talked-about Universal Pension Scheme to bring all the people of the country aged above 18 under the scheme. She initially opened the pension scheme – Pragati, Surokkha, Samata and Prabashi— joining the inaugural programme virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence in the morning, BSS reports. After launching the scheme, the premier said, ...

Education Minister Dipu Moni has said the results of this year’s HSC examinations will be published together, though Chittagong, Madrasa and Technical Education Boards will start 10 days later. “HSC exams were scheduled to begin across the country on August 17. But due to natural disaster, the three boards’ exams will begin from August 28. But the results of all ...

This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations under eight boards began on Thursday (August 17) across the country. Students sat for Bangla first paper exam on the first day, from 10 am. A total of 13,59, 342 students – 6,88, 887 boys and 6,70,455 girls – are expected to sit for this year’s HSC exams, 1,55,935 more ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday alleged that the secret motive of some of the foreign countries is to use the Bay of Bengal as they are showing interest in the next election. “They want to create an unstable situation in the country on different excuses, including election, democracy and different other names, so that they can use the Indian ...

  International Relations Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Professor Dr. Gowher Rizvi while speaking as the chief guest at Bangladesh High Commission, London’s commemorative event on the 48 th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Mourning Day 2023, said, “Bangabandhu's assassination on August 15, 1975, was aimed to thwart ...

Police have filed two cases accusing more than 5,000 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its associate organisations over the clashes with police and vandalising vehicles in the capital after the death of convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee. Officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station Nur Mohammad said sub-inspectors Jabbar and Salah Uddin Kader filed the two cases with Shahbagh and ...

China will not interfere in Bangladesh’s election issue, said its Ambassador Yao Wen on Wednesday. “It is Bangladesh’s internal issue and China will not interfere internal issues of any country.” The Ambassador made this comment to media after a meeting with planing minister at the ministry in the capital’s She-e-Bangla Nagar. Besides, he also informed about China’s interest in investing ...

The National Identity Card (NID) server of the Election Commission was restored on Wednesday afternoon, hours after it went offline due to maintenance work. The server was restored at about 2pm on Wednesday. Election Commission’s NID wing’s director general AKM Humayun Kabir during a press briefing on Wednesday said that they kept the server down since zero hour on August ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed its dirty and terrorist thoughts by threatening to kill doctor SM Mostofa Zaman. “Prof Mustafa Zaman came to me on Tuesday night and told me all the incidents. He treated Delwar Hossain Sayeedi as a doctor. But still, he has been threatened. It seems surprising to me.” The minister made the ...

BNP on Wednesday threatened to announce tougher programmes if the government does not allow its ailing party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for receiving advanced treatment. “The people of Bangladesh will not remain silent if steps are not taken immediately for ensuring the treatment of our leader Begum Khaleda Zia abroad,” said BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. ...