Bangladesh

Eminent cultural personality and artist Mustafa Monwar passed away on Monday morning at Square Hospital in the capital. He was 90. He breathed his last at the hospital while undergoing treatment there. Mustafa Monwar’s assistant Rubel Miah said a hospital source called them around 8:30AM and confirmed his death. He had been suffering from pneumonia related complications. His body will ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday urged students to develop themselves into competent, skilled and responsible citizens while hosting a luncheon for students, teachers and visitors in Parliament. The lunch was held at the VIP Cafeteria of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The guests included 29 law students from the Canadian University of Bangladesh, 21 underprivileged students and teachers brought by ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka on Sunday on a five-day official visit to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. During the visit, General Waker-Uz-Zaman is scheduled to meet senior defence officials and other key dignitaries of the two countries aimed at strengthening bilateral defence relations and cooperation, according to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon on Sunday said the four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed between Bangladesh and China on information and broadcasting cooperation are expected to bring a qualitative transformation to the country’s media sector. Sharing his reaction to the MoUs signed during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s recent visit to China, the minister said the two countries ...

The government has planned to construct 100,000 affordable flats for low-income people through public-private partnerships (PPP) in 58 area, including Korail slum in the capital, said Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher in the Parliament on Sunday. Replying to a question from Independent MP Rumeen Farhana (Brahmanbaria-2), the minister said the sites have been identified under the Detailed Area ...

A Dhaka court on Sunday again deferred the hearing on framing charges in a case against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and former Rajuk assistant legal adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain for allegedly acquiring a flat illegally from a private developer in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area. Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman on Saturday said Bangladesh’s relations with China have been elevated from a “Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership” to a “Bangladesh-China Community with a Shared Future”- the highest level of bilateral cooperation. He said this while highlighting the major success of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s just-concluded visit to China during a press briefing, reports UNB. “This is ...

State Minister for Planning Zonayed Saki on Saturday said the government has no intention of undertaking mega projects simply to create a false impression of development or facilitate large-scale corruption. “By just taking up mega projects to make people astonished and create an illusion of development, this government has no interest in mega loot from those projects. Our Finance and ...

Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury on Saturday criticised the proposed national budget, alleging that the finance minister had prioritised business interests instead of addressing the needs of the country’s 18 crore people. “You are from a business family. So, you gave a business-friendly budget,” he told Parliament, pointing at the finance minister. The Jamaat-e-Islami MP, elected from Chattogram-15 constituency, made this ...

BNP lawmaker Zainul Abdin Farroque on Saturday questioned Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in the 1971 Liberation War and urged the government to increase allowances for freedom fighters. Speaking during the general discussion on the proposed FY2026-27 national budget, he also referred to the killing of intellectuals in the final days before Bangladesh’s independence. “Judge yourselves. Where were you in 1971?” Farroque questioned, ...