Bangladesh

The ongoing heatwave may rise and crossed 40 degrees Celsius in one or two days at some places, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Mild to moderate a heatwave is sweeping over 56 districts and will continue for few more days. No rain forecast in the next four to five days, the Met Office said on Thursday. Even the weather ...

A court in Dhaka on Thursday framed charges against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in graft case. The court set May 16 for taking deposition in the case. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Asaduzzaman also rejected a petition filed earlier for appointing lawyers on behalf of Tarique Rahman and his wife. Now, it is ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said the goals set out for the Indo-Pacific region are not much different from Bangladesh’s, but the only concern is about its defence aspect, if any. “Only thing we are afraid of – if it is designed for a defence pact, because we are a peace-loving country. We don’t have any intention (to ...

People from all strata including politicians, doctors, journalists, intellectuals are paying their last tribute for Gonoshasthya Kendra founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Thursday. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury’s body was taken to the Shaheed Minar by a refrigerated van at 10am. It will be kept there till 1pm. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury will be given guard ...

A total of 41 mayoral aspirants from ruling Awami League have collected nomination papers for elections to city five corporations -Gazipur, Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi and Sylhet, reports UNB. More aspirants have collected nomination papers for five municipalities and six upazila parishads. The ruling party Awami League started distributing nomination forms from April 9 for the party’s nomination and continued till ...

Japan has proposed developing an industrial hub in Bangladesh with supply chains to the landlocked northeastern states of India, and to Nepal and Bhutan beyond by developing a port and transport in the region, officials said on Tuesday, reports Reuters. It comes after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to India last month in which he touted the idea of ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said Bangladesh is a liberal democratic country and its democratic system has been consolidated under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “The incumbent government led by Bangabandhu’s daughter is working to establish the people’s rights in line with the country’s constitution and laws. All the activities of the government are ...

BNP’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said that the government has increased fertiliser prices “abnormally” to meet the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “The prices of commodities are going up unusually since the government is raising the tariffs of electricity and gas — accepting conditions of the IMF to stay in power. Now the prices of ...

Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam and Chief Minister of Tripura Prof Manik Saha have agreed to promote close collaboration for augmenting the trade relations between Bangladesh and North East India particularly Tripura and people-to-people contact. They also expressed satisfaction on the excellent bilateral relation that exists between the two countries. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. ...

A team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to arrive in Dhaka on April 25 to discuss the progress in the use of the first tranche of its US$4.7 billion loan programme for Bangladesh and the release of the second installment. The Ministry of Finance sources told UNB on Wednesday that during its April 25 to May 2 ...