Bangladesh

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP is taking preparation secretly for resorting to arson terrorism in the name of road march. “BNP is getting ready for violence and conspiracy in the name of movement. BNP is taking preparation for arson terrorism during its road march. BNP’s road march would be a march of fall,” he told ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been rejected outright by the United States government, BNP standing committee member Dr Khondker Mosharraf Hossain has said. He made the remark while addressing a rally as the chief guest in Chattogram city on Friday (May 19, 2023) afternoon. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)’s city, south and north district units organised the rally on Noor ...

At least 30 people including police personnel were injured in a clash between the law enforcers and BNP supporters over holding a pre- scheduled rally of the party in front of Khulna Press Club in the city on Friday afternoon. Khulna Metropolitan Unit BNP member secretary Shafiqul Islam Tuhin claimed that at least 20 leaders and activists of their party ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated this years the Hajj Programme-2023 at Hajj Camp at Ashkona in the capital on Friday morning. Opening the Hajj Programme, the Premier sought doa from the Hajj pilgrims for the people of Bangladesh. The premier later exchanged greetings with the hajj pilgrims at the Hajj camp. The first hajj flight is scheduled to depart Hazrat ...

The preliminary exam of 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) was held on Friday morning at 235 centers in eight divisional cities – Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet, Rangpur and Mymensingh across the country. The two-hour long exam began at 10am and continued till 12pm. A total of 346,000 candidates have applied to compete in the test, according to Bangladesh ...

The Election Commission will not have the power to cancel election in an entire constituency if irregularities happen in one or several centres, according to the draft of the amendment to the Representation of the People’s (Amendment) Act, 2023 which has been given final approval by the Cabinet at a meeting, report agencies. The meeting was held on Thursday at ...

British MPs and Peers participated in a high-level roundtable on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Bangladesh in the UK Parliament on Wednesday. The event in the Thatcher Room at Portcullis House took place under the auspices of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Bangladesh Study Circle London. Speakers include Dr Gowher Rizvi, ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Thursday expressed optimism over Bangladesh’s victory in the post of Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). “He is a professional having a much decorated professional life. We expect good result,” he told reporters at State guesthouse Padma after briefing two dozens of diplomats of the IMO member countries. IMO currently ...

Except Friday, metro rail will operate during 8am to 8 pm from May 31 onwards. M. A. N. Siddique, Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), confirmed this information on Thursday. Friday will be the weekend for metro rail staffs, he said. Considering the peak-hours, the train will operate in every 10 minutes from 8am to 11 am ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold marches in 10 other metropolitan cities, except Dhaka, on May 23 and 28. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, the BNP was successfully observing a similar programme in Dhaka city’s north and south areas ...