Bangladesh

The results of the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examinations have been published. A total of 12,789 candidates qualified in the examinations, said a press release of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Tuesday. The preliminary tests for the 45th BCS was held on May 19 this year. A total of 2,68,119 candidates appeared for the exams. Details of ...

The United States has reiterated its call for holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh. “We’ve been consistent on the need for Bangladesh to hold free and fair elections,” said National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby at a media briefing at the White House. Kirby made the remarks when his attention was drawn to the much-discussed ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed on Monday held talks with Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasutin Bin Ismail on the development and expansion of Bangladesh’s labour market in Malaysia. The meeting took place at the Ministry of Interior in Malaysia’s Putrajaya on Monday. They discussed several key aspects, including the safety of workers and the recalibration of the ...

A court in Dhaka has placed arrested pest control company official Titu Molla on a two-day remand in connection with the death of two siblings Shayen and Shahil at a house at Basundhara residential area in the capital. Bhatara Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) ABM Asaduzzaman on Tuesday (June 6, 2023) confirmed it. The OC said Titu Mollah sprayed pesticide to ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the upcoming general election is a challenge as various conspiracies are being orchestrated before the polls. “The next election is a challenge. Different types of conspiracies and plots are being hatched,” she said while exchanging views with the leaders and activists of ruling Awami League and its associate bodies at her official residence ...

Indian chief of army staff General Manoj Pande arrived in Dhaka on Monday on a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed. The Indian Army chief paid tributes to members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 by laying a wreath at ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the countrymen to plant trees to protect Bangladesh from the adverse impacts of climate changes. “I would like to urge all to protect the environment of Bangladesh because it is our duty to protect our country from the adverse impact of climate change,” she said while planting trees on the premises of ...

Bangladeshi women pilgrims have lauded Hajj operations in Saudi Arabia, describing their experience so far as smooth while thanking authorities in the Kingdom for treating them with care and kindness, reports Arab News. Bangladesh is sending about 125,000 individuals for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, more than double the quota it received last year, when it was 60,000. This year, over ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the US visa policy for Bangladesh is the outcome of Awami League’s misrule and mischievous activities. Speaking at a seminar, he also said that democratic countries are creating various pressures on the current regime to restore democracy as it has destroyed all democratic institutions, UNB reports. “The USA has ...

The World Environment Day will be observed in the country, as elsewhere across the globe, today, encouraging people in taking collective and transformative action on a global scale to protect and restore the planet and its environment. Held on June 5 each year, World Environment Day has a specific host country and a theme. Côte D’Ivoire, in partnership with the ...