Bangladesh

Barrister Biplab Barua has been reappointed as Special Assistant to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification to this end on Sunday. The notification mentioned that he will remain in office in the status of a deputy secretary (highest scale of Grade-5) for the duration of the Prime Minister’s term or subject to her satisfaction ...

The Supreme Court on Monday set February 12 for hearing a contempt of court petition filed against seven pro-BNP lawyers for their slanderous, derogatory and contemptuous comments about two apex court judges. The seven lawyers have been asked to appeared on that day. As the chief justice in abroad, a five-member bench of the SC led by senior Judge Borhan ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the international community to take measures to repatriate Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar and ensure their dignified life there. “The world should think that how the Rohingya crisis can be resolved so that they could return to their homeland and have a decent life there,” she said, reports UNB. The premier said ...

Prominent fiction writer Zakir Talukder has returned his Bangla Academy Literary Award, expressing dissatisfaction with the management of the institution. He revealed his decision on Sunday on a social media, citing concerns about the academy’s ‘undemocratic’ and ‘bureaucratic’ nature, as well as its declining standards. Zakir Talukder, who received the award in 2014 said the absence of elections for over ...

Jatiya Party’s (JaPa) chairman GM Quader and secretary general Mujibul Huque Chunnu have been relieved from their posts. In a development on Sunday, the party chief patron Raushan Ershad said she has relieved GM Quader and Chunnu from their posts. Later, she declared herself the chairman of the party. Earlier on Saturday night, Raushan Ershad held a meeting with the ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday said his country is working with Myanmar to have another ceasefire in Rakhine State, so that the Rohingya repatriation process can start very soon. “Repatriation issue is something we discussed quite deeply. We understand, now we face difficult days. But we need to be confident,” he told reporters after his meeting with ...

Nobel Laureate economist and Grameen Telecom Chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus and three other have secured bail in a case filed for violation of the labour law. They will remain on bail till their appeal will be dismissed. Labour Appellate Tribunal passed this order on Sunday following Dr Yunus’s bail appeal. Besides, Yunus also filed another petition seeking acquittal establishing 25 ...

The lowest temperature of 5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Panchagarh’s Tentulia on Sunday morning. Rangpur Meteorological Department recorded the temperature of Tentulia at 9am. Around 6am, the temperature in Tentulia and Dinajpur, two regions of the north, was recorded at 5.5 degrees Celsius today. Mild to moderate cold spell is sweeping over 28 districts, including two divisions, today, said ...

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said Bangladesh’s security forces along the Myanmar border remain alert amid growing tensions in the neighbouring country, reports UNB. He said tensions prevailed in Myanmar with brief pauses and Bangladesh forces have remained alert from much earlier. Talking to reporters at the state guesthouse Padma, the foreign minister said such a tense situation ...

    By Matiar Chowdhury:   During the Second World War, the British government built several airports in the subcontinent to protect and secure themselves from enemy attacks. Among these, three airports are being built in Sylhet division with the most important considerations. Another airport was built right next to it at Kailashor in the present state of Tripura, which ...