Bangladesh

BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday stressed the need to ensure merit-based evaluation to take Bangladesh forward, saying a system driven by public pressure and influence must not be allowed to replace meritocracy. “Bangladesh must also ensure meritocracy or merit-based evaluation to move forward. Mobocracy, or a system driven by public pressure and influence instead of merit, ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has urged young lawyers to focus on developing professional skills rather than running after money to succeed in the legal profession. “Instead of trying to become rich quickly through corruption or shortcuts, you should build yourselves as ideal lawyers through merit, honesty, morality and hard work,” he said. The minister was addressing ...

Bangladesh and China have stressed the importance of strengthening their joint partnership in education, technical training and skills development, with Prime Minister’s Education Adviser Mahdi Amin saying deeper cooperation could take diplomatic relations between the two countries to a new height. Speaking at the China-Bangladesh Education Exchange Conference at Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University on Friday, Mahdi Amin said ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday called upon officials and employees of Bangabhaban to discharge their duties with sincerity, integrity and professionalism. Addressing a special durbar at Bangabhaban, the President said he has resigned from all political positions before assuming the office of the President and has now become a completely non-partisan person. “You know that I resigned from ...

A chaotic scene erupted in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday when opposition lawmakers voiced strong protests against Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed’s response to a query raised by Cumilla-4 Member of Parliament Hasnat Abdullah. The uproar occurred during the scheduled question-and-answer segment of the parliamentary session. Addressing the assembly, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed stated that he could not grasp the nature ...

Muhammad Kader Gani Chowdhury, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Member Secretary of the Bangladesh Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad, has been appointed Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) on a contractual basis. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification to this effect on Thursday through its Contract and Foreign Employment Branch. According to ...

China has agreed to invest nearly Tk 10,000 crore in a housing project aimed at developing modern accommodation for residents of three slums in the capital– Korail, Sat Tola and Bhashantek. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen gave the assurance during a courtesy meeting with LGRD Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan at the Secretariat on Thursday. Local Government, Rural Development ...

BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed has said that National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was an inspiration behind all major movements in Bangladesh. Rizvi made the remarks after paying tribute to Kazi Nazrul Islam at the poet’s grave on the Dhaka University campus on Thursday morning, marking the 50th death anniversary of the National Poet. “From our independence ...

South Korea is set to launch its first visa application centre in Bangladesh on Wednesday next week, aiming to make visa applications more convenient and improve the efficiency of visa-related services. Following the opening, applications for ordinary visas will be handled exclusively through the Visa Application Center. However, the Embassy will continue to directly accept applications for, and issue passports ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has urged all to unite and work together to prepare a roadmap to prevent the rehabilitation of fascism. “Let us work together to prepare a roadmap to prevent the rehabilitation of fascism and ensure that we do not become fascists. Let us move forward together and focus on building our nation,” he ...