Bangladesh

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 ...

Former communications minister and BNP’s former influential leader Barrister Nazul Huda died at about 10:00pm on Sunday (February 19, 2023) at Square Hospital in Dhaka, his wife Sigma Huda said. He was 80. Nazmul Huda was suffering from various complicated diseases over the last several years. He recently returned home from the hospital. Last week, his new party Trinamool BNP ...

A man, aged around 30 years old, was killed after a fire quickly tore through a residential building in the capital’s Gulshan Sunday evening, the fire service said. He was declared dead at 10:25pm after being rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the hospital’s police outpost, said. Twenty-two people have been rescued so far from ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the goal of her government is to promote democracy and uplift people’s living standard. “Our goal is to preserve democracy and improve the fate of the people,” she said while inaugurating the Mirpur-Kalshi flyover for vehicular movement. The prime minister opened the 2.34 km flyover at a function at Kalshi intersection near Balur ...

The United Kingdom on Sunday underlined the importance of maintaining a level-playing field for foreign companies interested in investing and operating in Bangladesh. The UK invited Bangladesh to engage with the UK private sector to pursue a commercial dispute resolution system to unlock the full potential of Foreign Direct Investment into Bangladesh. At the Bangladesh-UK Trade and Investment Dialogue 2023 ...