Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government is instigating BNP to resort to violence by obstructing its peaceful democratic programmes. “We had a sit-in programme at 550 thanas and upazilas today (Saturday) and it was obstructed by police almost everywhere. In Dhaka city, the programme was not allowed to be held at almost all ...

Agriculture Minister and Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Dr Md Abdur Razzaque said on Saturday the anti-liberation forces who want to turn Bangladesh into Pakistan are the agents of that country. “In Bangladesh, BNP, anti-liberation forces, some intellectuals and some media said that Pakistan was good, there was no benefit in making Bangladesh independent. They are enemies of the country ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday told the Parliament that the stability of parliamentary democracy since 2008 created a scope for massive development in Bangladesh. “During the last three terms –2008, 2014 and 2018– in line with the constitution, the continuous progress of Bangladesh National Parliament, the consistency of parliamentary democracy and political stability created a field for massive development ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday released commemorative postage stamp marking the golden jubilee of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad (JS). She formally released the postage stamp and the first day cover at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital. On the occasion, the Prime Minister used a special canceller. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar and Chief ...

President Abdul Hamid on Friday called for making the standing committees on various ministries truly effective under the parliamentary system to ensure transparency and accountability of the government. “Our parliament has overall three important duties and roles. Firstly, to represent the opinions of the society irrespective of class, profession and gender; secondly, to enact laws and control of public expenditure ...

Eight people were killed in a gunfight between two local armed groups at Rowangchhari upazila in Bandarban district on Friday. The incident took place at Khamtang Para on Thursday night, Rowangchhari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Khorshed Alam Chowdhury confirmed the matter. The names of seven of the deceased are — Van Du Bom, Sang Khum, San Phir Thang Bom, ...

President-elect Md Shahabuddin will take his oath of office on April 24. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will conduct the oath-taking ceremony around 11am at the Bangabhaban’s Darbar Hall, President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin confirmed the news. Md Shahabuddin, a retired judge and former commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, was declared president-elect of Bangladesh on February 13. He was the lone ...

The 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on the beginning of its 22th special session on Thursday unanimously adopted obituary reference on a number of distinguished personalities including two former ministers and seven ex-parliament members. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury moved the obituary motion separately at the beginning of the session with brief resumes of those who died after prorogation of 21th ...

Mentioning that the traders’ dreams have been burnt due to Bangabazar fire, ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government is investigating whether BNP had any role behind the fire. “Instead of standing beside the affected traders, BNP has started doing politics over the Bangabazar fire,” he said while speaking at an iftar items distribution programme of ...

Bangladesh will never deviate from its principle of “friendship to all, malice towards none” by leaning towards a particular country, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Keeping economy and development at the centre, the ministry is working on a framework regarding expectations and priorities related to the Indo-Pacific,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Seheli Sabrin told reporters at a weekly ...