Bangladesh

At least 6,524 people were killed and 11,407 injured in 6,911 road crashes last year. Prof AI Mahbub Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Road Safety Foundation, revealed the information at a press conference at its Dhanmondi office in the capital on Saturday. He said of the deceased, 1,128 (17.29 percent) were children and 974 (14.92 per cent) women. Besides, a total ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is bringing out processions holding black flags from Nayaplatan central office in the capital at 2pm. The procession will end in Moghbazar after parading Kakrail and Malibagh Mor. The party will hold the programme demanding the cancellation of the 12th parliament and protesting the growing price hikes of essential commodities.  

BNP leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said neither the parliament nor the current government was formed with the mandate of the people of the country. “We would like to say this clearly that the parliament and the government were not formed with the votes of people. So, it’s not the parliament of people and not the government of ...

Wife Rahat Ara Begum, daughter Shafaruh Mirza Sumi and sister on Friday (January 26) went to the Dhaka Central Jail to wish BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam on his 77th birthday. They met Fakhrul in jail and conveyed their wishes to him. BNP Chairperson’s media wing official Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed it on Friday. He said Mirza Fakhrul’s elder ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said if the BNP creates any violence in the name of movement, it will be dealt with an iron hand. “If BNP wants to wage a movement, they will not be obstructed. But, if the party wants to create violence in the name of movement, it will be dealt with an iron hand,” ...

    To protect the native culture from the black paws of sky culture and to promote mutual harmony and brotherhood, the curtain rose to the seven-day long Chasheerhat development fair. The auspicious opening of the fair was held at Nurul Haque High School premises in Sonaimuri Chashirhat, Noakhali on Friday at 3 pm. The fair was inaugurated by cutting ...

Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali has commented that it is very important to increase the capacity of customs to prevent money laundering. He made this comment at his speech as the chief guest at the seminar organized on the occasion of ‘International Customs Day’ at Revenue Building at Agargaon in the city on Friday. The finance minister said, “Preventing ...

A delegation led by Chinese Communist Party’s Vice Minister for International Department Sun Haiyan on Thursday (January 25) paid a courtesy call on Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter’s office in Dhaka. During the meeting, they discussed various issues including bilateral relations, business and trade, Rohingya issue, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Wednesday said that the friendship between the two countries will continue to grow as the shared sacrifices of the 1971 Liberation War remain a constant inspiration driving the relationship forward. “Bangladesh has a great development story to tell the world,” he said while speaking at a function marking the 75th Republic Day ...

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained a woman with 8.3 kilograms of solid cocaine, the largest consignment in the country’s history, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Wednesday night. The detainee is an African woman named Nomthendajo Tawera Soko, 35. She is a nurse by profession. Director (Operations) of DNC Tanvir Momtaz told this to media ...