Bangladesh

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution that demands Russia leave Ukraine. Thirty-two countries including Bangladesh, India, China, Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting while seven countries including Russia voted against the resolution. A total of 141 countries voted in favour of the resolution. The U.N. General Assembly approved the non-binding resolution Thursday that calls for Russia to ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen held a high-level interactive dialogue with key member states regarding the Rohingya crisis and possible efforts towards the implementation UN Resolutions adopted for expeditious repatriation of the forcible displaced Myanmar nationals. The dialogue held New York on Thursday (Feb 23) with the participation of key members States, including Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Djibouti, Egypt, The Gambia, ...

The 14th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at the Pilkhana BDR (now BGB) headquarters in the capital will be observed on Saturday. A total of 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in the carnage beginning on this day in 2009, reports UNB. Marking the day, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will organize Quran Khawani, doa, and milad mahfil, said ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked agriculturists to carry on their efforts to increase food yield keeping in mind the adverse global circumstances and climate change. “In view of the (global) situation, we have to produce our crops,” she said, opening golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI). She added that climate change phenomenon also required Bangladesh to ...

A visiting six-member German parliamentary delegation on Thursday held discussion elaborately on German investment at the economic zones in Bangladesh, reports BSS. The discussion took place while the German parliamentary delegation called on Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at her office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. During the discussion, they discussed various issues including long friendly relations between Bangladesh ...

Mentioning that a movement has already been launched to unseat the government from power, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government which has shattered people’s dreams must be ousted at any cost. “We must have to bring down this government from power through a mass upsurge by spreading the movement at grassroots level,” he said while ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said there is no external pressure over letting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia take part in politics. “People have the right to know the fact. I have informed the fact through you (journalists). There is no foreign pressure in this regard,” he said while talking to reporters at BISS auditorium on the government’s recent stance ...

The stubbornness of two major political parties over the election-time government is dangerous for the country, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal. He was talking to reporters after a meeting with a foreign delegation at the Election Commission at Agargaon in the capital on Thursday. The CEC said the results will create risks if major political parties don’t ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin today directed the Forest Department to take stern actions against the grabbers of forest. “Appropriate legal measures should continue to recover the encroached forest land across the country,” he said while speaking at a progress review meeting of the annual development programme (ADP) held at the Secretariat here. The forest minister ...

Grameenphone users in different parts of the country are complaining about network problems after 11:30am Thursday. They were unable to call other numbers. Grameenphone customers from Lalbagh, Dhanmondi, Paribagh and Farmgate areas, said on their social media that they have been facing troubles with GP networks since 11:30am. GP sources said the network was disrupted due to fibre cables cut ...