Bangladesh

The elections of Bangladesh could not be prevented with anyone’s visa policy and sanctions, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said. “We do not interfere with anyone. We do not want interference of any foreign country in our elections. We are going to hold the elections as per law. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will remain the head of the ...

Sweden expressed its keenness to collaborate with Bangladesh on IT sector and highly appreciated Bangladesh’s achievements in IT and climate change adaptation. Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Håkan Jevrell shared this with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam in a meeting on Friday (June 16) morning in Stockholm. During the meeting, the Swedish ...

Bangladesh will face tougher US sanctions if the next general elections don’t held in a free, fair and impartial manner, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday (June 16, 2023). Speaking as the chief guest at a mass rally Islamia Government College ground in Sirajganj municipal area on Friday afternoon, he said the Awami League government is ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP is now looking for an excuse to backtrack from the election process as it knows very well that it would not get any vote from voters due to their evil deeds. “Actually, they (BNP) are the party of thieves and vote riggers, it is not possible for them to come to power without ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets Dr Okonjo Iwela, director general of WTO, on Thursday in Geneva. Photo: PID The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has asked Bangladesh to reduce the  subsidies on fisheries. It came from Dr Okonjo Iwela, director general of WTO, on Thursday when she called on visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the meeting room of Hotel President ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh now holds an economically dignified position in the world as democracy and stability have been persisting in the country since 2009. The prime minister said this while speaking at an event on ‘New Economy and Society in Smart Bangladesh’ organised by the World Economic Forum at its office here. Prime Minister’s speech writer ...

The government is reviving the pending cases to try the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) hurriedly, said the party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday. “The pending cases, which were lodged to harass BNP leaders and workers, are being revived. The government is also trying to give verdict in those cases hurriedly with an aim ...

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir should apologise for his negative comments on the country’s fair elections. “Withdrawing his comments, Mirza Fakhrul must seek apology for his negative comments on the country’s fair elections,” he told a discussion in Dhaka, BSS reports. The discussion was organised by Bangladesh Krishak ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on international initiatives to help prepare the young generation to face the challenges of the coming world order. “That is what we expect from international communities and organisations,” she said on Wednesday responding to a question before joining the plenary session of the two-day ‘World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All’ in ...

A court in Dhaka has fixed June 25 to deliver its verdict against ‘influential’ contractor GK Shamim and seven of his bodyguards  in a money laundering case. After placement of arguments from both sides on Thursday, Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-10 Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam set the date. The seven other accused are: Md Delwar Hossain, Md Murad Hossain, Md Jahidul ...