Bangladesh

Three international flights en route to Bangladesh were diverted on Tuesday midnight due to heightened airspace security concerns following a missile strike near the India-Pakistan border. Group Captain Muhammed Kamrul Islam, executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, confirmed the reason behind the rerouting, saying the civilian aircraft were advised to avoid the affected airspace. Dhaka-bound Turkish Airlines flight (TK ...

Four individuals, including Gaan Bangla Television CEO Kaushik Hossain Taposh, have been shown arrested in three new cases linked to anti-discrimination protests. The three accused are Abdus Salam, Managing Director of Nion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; journalist Sikdar Liton of the Daily Sorejomin Barta; and Jubo Mohila League leader Asha Akhter. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiak on Wednesday issued this order ...

The interim government has announced a 10-day holiday for Eid-ul-Azha. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Advisory Council held at the Secretariat on Tuesday. Chief Advisor’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam informed the matter to his Facebook account. To make up this extended holiday, offices will remain open on Saturdays, May 17 and May 24, according to the ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reached her Gulshan residence ‘Firoza’ around 1:25PM amid huge crowd. Tarique Rahman’s wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and late Arafat Rahman Koko’s wife Syeda Shamila Rahman were also with her. It took two hours for the motorcade to make the 11.5km journey from the airport to her home. Along the way, the party chief was welcomed by ...

Former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was shown arrested in four more cases. The order was issued by Chittagong Metropolitan magistrate SM Alauddin Mahmud after the investigation officers of the cases submitted applications to the court to show him arrest in the cases. Chinmoy Das was connected virtually from Chittagong jail during the hearing for security purpose. However, no ...

After 17 years in exile, Dr. Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and daughter-in-law of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, has returned to Bangladesh. She previously left the country on September 11, 2008, alongside her husband, and had since been residing in London with him and their only daughter, Zaima Rahman. On Tuesday morning (May 6), Dr. ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has returned home from London after four-month of advanced treatment there. A special air ambulance of Qatar’s Emir, carrying her and her entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at about 10:38AM on Tuesday (May 6). Khalda Zia’s two daughters-in-law Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Sharmila Rahman accompanied her. Zubaida ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has departed from London en route to Dhaka following nearly four months of advanced medical treatment in the United Kingdom. She is traveling aboard a special air ambulance provided by the Emir of Qatar, with arrival in Dhaka scheduled for Tuesday morning. The flight took off from London’s ...

  BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has left London for Dhaka on a special air ambulance provided by the Emir of Qatar. The flight departed London’s Heathrow Airport around 9:35pm on Monday (Bangladesh time), according to the party sources. Earlier, her son and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman drove her to the airport around 2:10pm local time, ...

Italy has expressed strong interest in hiring more skilled workers from Bangladesh while ensuring that migration remains safe and legal. The announcement came during a meeting between Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, held at the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday afternoon. During the meeting, both sides discussed key issues including labor migration, ...