Bangladesh

The top leaders of the left-leaning political parties of ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance left for Kunming of China on Monday at the invitation of the Communist Party of China. The delegation members include Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Hasanul Haq Inu, Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon, general secretary Fazley Hossain Badsha, central leader Lutfun Nesa Khan; JSD central ...

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that there is no risk of conflict from AL side centering political rally in the city on July 27. “We will never incite any conflict. We are in power. We want to run the country peacefully. We want a peaceful election,” he said. Quader, also road, transport and bridges minister, ...

Alleging that Juba League is hatching conspiracy to create violence by convening rally in the city on the same day BNP is scheduled to hold their grand rally, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warned that the government has to shoulder the responsibility if any violence occurs on July 27 centering the rally. He urged the ruling party to ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday arrived in Rome to attend the UN Food Systems Summit at the invitation of the UN Secretary-General. The three-day summit will open at Italy’s capital city on Monday, July 24. The premier and her entourage flew from Dhaka by a regular flight of Qatar Airways. It landed at Rome Fiumicino Airport at 1:40pm ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday called for building a social movement against corruption to uphold national interests. He said this when newly appointed Commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission Asia Khatun paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban, according to President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin. The president described corruption as a major obstacle to development. He said efforts to eliminate corruption ...

Ashraful Hossain Alam, better known as Hero Alam, has appealed to the Election Commission (EC) seeking cancellation of the results of Dhaka-17 constituency by-polls and demanding re-election in the constituency. “There was vote rigging in the by-polls. I want re-election in the constituency,” he said to journalists after submitting a written application to the EC on. “I have video footage. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday left Dhaka for Rome, Italy, on a three-day official visit to attend UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment. A regular commercial flight of Qatar Airways, carrying the premier and her entourage members, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 05:05am, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS. The flight is scheduled to ...

This year, a total of 114 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia in various complications. Of them, 89 were men and 25 were female. Lastly, on July 22, a pilgrim named Motiur Rahman, 59, died. A Religious Ministry bulletin on hajj confirmed the data on Sunday. Till July 22, 88, 418 hajj pilgrims retuned home from Saudi Arabia. ...

Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has to pay the remaining Tk 12 crore as tax to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to Appellate Division verdict on Sunday. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, passed the order dismissing Dr Yunus’s leave to appeal. Earlier on June 21, a leave to appeal ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked Bangladesh Army Selection Board-2023 to choose qualified and prudent officers for promotion in the army through a neutral evaluation. “You should do it considering professional competence, drawing comparative evaluation in logical and scientific ways. Besides, you need to pay attention to whether the officers have the skills of giving command or the ability ...