Bangladesh

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 ...

Biometric visa application for hajj pilgrims will begin from April 16 and continue till April 30. A notification was issued on Tuesday by Ministry of Religious Affairs in this regard. To perform Hajj-2023, biometric visas are needed by registered Hajj pilgrims. They can apply for the visas under government management at the offices of Islamic Foundation in all districts, Islamic ...

Veteran freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has passed away. He was 81. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury breathed his last at about 11.15pm while undergoing treatment at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in the capital on Tuesday. He had been suffering from kidney complications for a long time. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury is a well-known Bangladeshi physician and public health activist. ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday cleared 11 projects involving the overall estimated cost of Tk 13,655.98 crore. The approval came from the Ecnec meeting presided over by Ecnec chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e Bangla Nagar area. “Today 11 projects were approved,” said Planning Minister ...

While reiterating that any abuser of human rights should be held accountable, Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the US Department of State Vedant Patel has said, “Broadly, the U.S. supports the principle of free and fair elections in Bangladesh and around the world, but I’m not here to endorse one political candidate or party versus another.” He was speaking at a ...

A total of 3,845 traders have been affected by the devastating fire at Bangabazar Market in the capital, said inquiry committee of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). DSCC spokesman Abu Naser said the president of the inquiry committee and Zonal Executive Officer of Zone-1 Merina Nazneen submitted the final report to the DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh at ...

President-elect Md Sahbuddin is scheduled to take oath as the country’s 22nd President at 11am on April 24. Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain today apprised Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury of the date and time of the swearing ceremony. The cabinet secretary met the Speaker at her JS office today to apprise her of the matter, said a ...

Bangladesh has invited Japan to invest in the country, including in Maheshkhali Economic Zone, while assuring of providing all kinds of cooperation from the government’s side. Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority extended an invitation to Japanese investors in this regard, UNB reports. The invitation was given at the 5th Japan-Bangladesh public-private joint economic dialogue that was held online today. By turn, ...

Kishoreganj’s historic Sholakia Eidgah mosque Imam Abdus Salam Golap passed away on Monday night. He was 55. He suffered a stroke on Monday evening and, later, was taken to Kishoreganj 250-Bed General Hospital where he was declared dead. Abdus Salam’s namaj-e-janza will be held after Zuhr prayer on Tuesday. After that, he will be buried at Sholakia Bagh graveyard. He ...