Bangladesh

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that Awami League  (AL) will resist those who will try to obstruct in holding the free, fair and peaceful election. Quader, also the general secretary of Awami League, said AL wants a participatory and peaceful election and to resist all kinds of obstructions party members will remain in the field. He ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday night asked how the BNP-Jamaat clique will take part in the election as they burned people to death and want no development of the masses and most importantly fear defeat in polls. “Many people say there is no democracy in Bangladesh and the BNP doesn’t take part in the elections. With which face the ...

Awami League candidate Noman Al Mahmud has been elected unofficially in the by-election to Chattogram-8 constituency (Chandgaon-Boalkhali). With the ‘Boat’ election symbol, he received 67,205 votes, while his nearest rival Sehab Uddin Muhammad Abdus Samad of Bangladesh Islami Front has received 5,087 votes only with ‘Candle’ symbol. The Chattogram-8 by-election was marred by irregularities and low voter turnout. Candidates, except ...

Three people, including a child, were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding passenger bus collided head on with a pick-up at Chak Gauri Bazar area under Mahadebpur upazila in Naogaon district on Thursday afternoon. Naogaon Additional Police Super Gaziur Rahman said a Rajshahi-bound passenger bus collided head on with Naogaon-bound mini truck on Naogaon-Rajshahi Highway in the area ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh is going to be a regional hub for investment, industrialization and export due to the government’s pragmatic policies, calling for more Japanese investment in larger volumes. “With our pragmatic policies and Vision, Bangladesh is guaranteed to emerge as a regional hub for investment, industrialization and exports to diverse destinations in the region ...

By-elections to the Chattogram-8 constituency is underway on Thursday using electronic voting machine (EVM) at 190 centres. Awami League nominated candidate Noman Al Mahmud cast his vote at Bohoddarhat Ekhlasur Rahman Government Primary School centre after the voting began at 8am. There are a total of 5,17,652 voters in this constituency. Meanwhile, BNP and Jatiya Party are not take part ...

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has “assured” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that his country will consider a “new budget support assistance” and both sides decided to resume a bilateral policy dialogue in carrying out development cooperation projects. While briefing reporters in Tokyo yesterday, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that Japan will provide “30 billion yen” to Bangladesh, as ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for taking business and investment relationship between Bangladesh and Japan to the next higher level valuing 50 years bilateral relations of the countries. “I am confident that our last fifty years of enviable cooperation with Japan will remain an inspiration for the coming fifty years and beyond. Let us take our business and ...

First hajj flight will leave Dhaka with pilgrims on May 21, said State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan on Wednesday. “Hajj registration time will not be extended further. And it is not possible to reduce the cost of hajj packages.” Faridul Haque Khan said this after inaugurating ‘e-hajj BD’ app at the secretariat today. “All preparation have ...

A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Tokyo this afternoon on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. A special chartered VVIP flight (BG1403) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the Haneda International Airport, Tokyo at 4.45pm (local time). ...