Bangladesh

Petrobangla (Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation) has been fined Tk 5 lakh after detection of Aedes mosquito larvae during a drive by the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). DNCC mayor Atiqul Islam made the surprise visit on Monday as part of their month-long anti-mosquito drive to control dengue menace. During the visit, he examined the basements of Petrobangla and ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said if the European Union (EU) wants to send its observers to Bangladesh’s upcoming national elections, they will be welcomed. “We have said that if they (EU) want to send their election observers, they will be welcomed. Those, who will observe the elections as diplomats, will have to work within their ambit. The ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government will turn Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) into a modern one having 4,000 beds as the hospital is facing problems in treating growing number of patients. “It is very difficult to give healthcare services to the growing number of the patients by Dhaka Medical College Hospital. So, we have devised a ...

NID Director General (DG) AKM Humayun Kabir said on Sunday that the National Identity Card (NID) server is secure. He made the statement at a press conference at Agargaon election building in the capital on Sunday, UNB reports. Regarding the leakage of personal information of citizens, he said that they did not see any threat involving their server. However, 171 ...

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Sunday made a brief stopover in Dhaka. Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud received the King at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, UNB reports. The Bhutanese King stayed for nearly one hour and they exchanged pleasantries. He started from Bhutanese capital and came to Dhaka before his next destination Bangkok.  

State Minister for Information and Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that no government website has been hacked. “Due to the vulnerability of the website, the citizens’ information was leaked. Efforts to resolve the matter are underway.” He made the comment while responding to reporters at ICT Tower in the city’s Agargaon on Sunday.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked scholars, including fellows of the Prime Minister’s Fellowship (PMF), to apply their own intelligence and thoughts incorporating knowledge to be acquired from local and foreign education to devise plans to ensure the country’s robust development. “We will never depend on other’s model for ensuring development of our country. We have to apply own ...

A total of 48 scholars from different sectors on Sunday received Prime Minister’s Fellowship (PMF) for 2023-24 sessions. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina conferred 38 masters and 10 Ph.D PMF on the scholars at the Shapla Hall of her office this morning for pursuing the degrees at globally top-ranking universities. So far, 277 masters’ fellows and 108 Ph.D fellows have been ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said collapse of the one-point movement of BNP and 32 like-minded opposition parties is inevitable as these parties are a mismatched and hotchpotch. Quader, who is also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, was responding to the queries of journalists after inspecting the construction work of Dhaka Elevated Expressway in Kawla area, adjacent ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said question doesn’t arise at all to reach a consensus with the ruling Awami League government. “We held dialogue trusting them (Awami League) in the past, but was cheated. So, question doesn’t arise to hold dialogue with them again,” he said taking part in a discussion on contemporary political context organised in ...