Bangladesh

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday said that the Election Commission (EC) invited BNP for informal meeting, not for any formal dialogue. “We sent an invitation letter to BNP as they can participate in informal discussion, not formal dialogue,” said the CEC, reports UNB. He said these while talking to reporters at a press briefing at the EC Secretariat ...

The US President Joe Biden has greeted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the people on the Independence Day, saying that the South Asian nation understand deeply the value of freedom and independence as it fought courageously in 1971 to choose their own fate. “On behalf of the United States, I wish you (Sheikh Hasina) and the people of Bangladesh ...

BNP on Monday alleged the Awami League-led government is looking to cling to power by creating a climate of fear in the country. The party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this while addressing at an iftar party for the professionals and eminent personalities of the country. The programme was held at Ladies Club in the city’s Eskaton area. ...

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Monday denounced the BNP’s call for movement in the month of Ramadan disregarding its sanctity and peace in public life, urging the countrymen to remain alert about any move against the country’s development. “They (BNP) have announced movement even in the month of Ramadan. Give the people a sigh of ...

King of the United Kingdom (UK) Charles III had said he looks forward to the continuing warm friendship and the strong and close partnership between the two countries, including as members of the Commonwealth, in this special year of the tenth anniversary of the Commonwealth Charter. “As you, and Bangladeshis everywhere, celebrate today, my wife joins me in sending you ...

All government, semi-government, autonomous, semi-autonomous institutions and banks started their work at new timing on Monday due to Ramadan. The new office hours are from 9am-3:30pm. Of that, only 15 minutes break from 1:15pm-1:30pm for Zuhr prayer. Banking transactions will go on from 9:30am-2:30pm. Banks will remain open till 4:30pm. Meanwhile, primary schools across the country will remain open till ...

Fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be brought back to the country soon, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Sunday. “We are trying to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers who remain fugitive,” he said while talking to reporters after paying tribute to the martyrs at Rajarbagh Police Lines Shaheed Memorial, reports UNB. “We are observing ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday released commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of Independence Day. The PM unveiled the commemorative postage stamp ofTk 10, the opening day cover ofTk 10and a data card ofTk 5at a ceremony at her official residence Ganobhaban, reports UNB. Later, Sheikh Hasina also unveiled a book, titled “Mujib’s Bangladesh”, published by the Civil Aviation ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 53rd Independence and National Day. The premier paid glowing tributes to the Father of the Nation by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in the capital, reports BSS. After laying the wreath, she ...

The nation is celebrating the 53rd Independence and National Day on Sunday (March 26) in a befitting manner. The day’s programmes began by placing wreaths at the altar of the National Memorial in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital. President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed the wreaths early in the morning as a mark of ...