Bangladesh

The Leader of the Opposition and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr Shafiqur Rahman, has said his party will continue its struggle for workers’ rights both inside and outside parliament. He made the remarks while addressing a workers’ rally as chief guest at the south gate of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Thursday (1 May) in the capital, marking International ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that factories which were shut down in recent years will be gradually reopened to restore employment and boost the economy. “We have already taken initiatives to restart industrial units that were closed over the past years,” he said while addressing a May Day workers’ rally in front of the BNP central office in Nayapaltan ...

The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has changed a lot since the Liberation War of 1971 and can no longer be equated with the old Islamic party, said the party’s Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar on Friday. Since the war, many debates have been raised over Jamaat’s position in the middle of the 1971 political storm, but the party leadership has revised the ...

Jamaat-e-Islami has announced DUCSU Vice President Shadik Kayem as its candidate for the next Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral elections. Jamaat’s Dhaka South unit announced Shadik Kayem’s name at the unit’s conference arranged at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh, Kakrail Dhaka on Friday. Leaders and activists of the unit, as well as Shadik Kayem himself were present at ...

The historic May Day is being observed today in the country and elsewhere across the world in a befitting manner. The theme of the day for this year is ‘Healthy Workers, Productive Hands, A New Dawn Awaits (Sustho Sramik, Karmotho Hat, Ashbe Ebar Nobo Provat).’ The day has been being observed across the globe since 1890 commemorating the supreme sacrifices ...

Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Erik Kurzweil paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Thursday (30 April). During the talks, the two sides discussed Bangladesh-EU bilateral relations, trade and investment, development cooperation, as ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said the government does not want to use religion for political purposes. “We do not want to engage in politics using religion for political gain, and we have not done so in the past either,” he said. He made the remarks in a written statement on Thursday after exchanging greetings with leaders of the Buddhist ...

Two separate bills were passed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday aiming to make amendments to remove the maximum age limit for the posts of Chairman and Commissioner of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and Chairman and Member of Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA). By the passage of the two bills, the government will be able to appoint ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has told parliament that a total of 23,865 cases filed for political harassment have been withdrawn after the BNP came to power. He said the process of withdrawing the remaining cases is still ongoing. The statement was made on Thursday during a session of the national parliament in response to a written ...

Former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation Selina Hayat Ivy has been granted bail by the High Court in two cases filed with Siddhirganj Police Station. The order was issued on Thursday by a High Court bench comprising Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher. Meanwhile, the Appellate Division is set to deliver its order on Sunday regarding bail ...