Bangladesh

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has warned that stern action will be taken against muscle power and irregularity in the upcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). “The RCC election will be held using electronic voting machines (EVM). It’s not a complex matter. So, do not spread rumors about the EVM,” he said while sharing views with the contenders ...

The Bangladesh government and the World Bank on Wednesday signed two financing agreements totalling $858 million to enhance climate-resilient agricultural growth, food security, and improve road safety. The credits are from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and have a 30-year term, including a five-year grace period. The PARTNER project will also receive a $43 million co-financing from the ...

Mentioning that dialogue will continue, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said there is no alternative without talks for a free, fair and acceptable national election. “We believe that any kind of issue will be resolved through talks and discussion,” the minister said these to journalists after attending a programme at Fire Service and civil Defence headquarters on Wednesday. Asaduzzaman ...

A labour court on Wednesday set July 6 for taking deposition of the witnesees against Nobel Laureate and Chairman of Grameen Communications Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others. Earlier on Tuesday, Dhaka Labour Court  Judge Sheikh Merina Sultana framed the charges against the four in a case filed for violating the Labour Law. The three others are Grameen Telecom Managing ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on the occasion of the historic Six-point Day. After laying the wreath in the morning, the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence for some time as ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for boosting cooperation between the military forces of friendly countries of Bangladesh and India. “Cooperation and collaboration should be strengthened between the militaries of the two neighbouring countries,” she said as visiting Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande paid a courtesy call on her at the latter’s Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban office in Dhaka ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday returned to Dhaka from Turkey wrapping up his six day tour. A VVIP aircraft (Flight No BG 208), carrying the President, his spouse Dr. Rebecca Sultana and other entourage members, landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport at 6:30 pm, UNB reports. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, dean of diplomatic corps, cabinet ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the authorities concerned to expedite the formulation and implementation of various projects under the Government to Government (G2G) initiatives. The Prime Minister gave the directive while chairing a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) as its chairperson held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar ...

BNP will not take part in any election without a non-party neutral government in power, the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. After meeting with US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas on Tuesday (June 6, 2023), he made the party position clear about the next parliamentary elections saying that BNP would not take part in any election ...

Awami League is ready to hold face-to-face talks with BNP, said ruling Awami League’s elderly leader and 14-Party Alliance coordinator Amir Hossain Amu on Tuesday (June 6, 2023). “Doors are open for BNP to talk about the next general election. If necessary, talks can take place under the mediation of the United Nations,” he said while speaking at a protest ...