Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the government wants to retain power by holding another ‘stage-managed’ election as they have already destroyed the electoral system. “But this time it won’t happen. The country’s people have woken up and they want to exercise their right to franchise,” he said. Speaking at an extended meeting of the Thakurgaon ...

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Monday called upon the government to take necessary measures to keep the prices of daily essentials within the reach of common people during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, he said people are going through serious ordeals because of the growing price hikes in daily essentials. “So, it has become urgent to ...

Classes and examinations at Rajshahi University (RU) remained suspended on Monday as per the authorities decision following Saturday’s clash near the campus. Motihar Police Station SI Amant Ullah on Sunday night filed a case accusing some 250-300 persons over the clash between locals and the students in Binodpur Gate area of Rajshahi city on Saturday. Police filed the case bringing ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the next election in Bangladesh will be held transparently and fairly. “You don’t need to worry about it. We want to hold a free, fair, transparent, credible, and acceptable election,” he told UK Minister of State for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan Sunday. Momen spoke to the journalists after the UK minister called on him ...

The government has extended for the seventh time the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for six more months on two previous conditions. The two conditions are Khaleda Zia will receive treatment staying at her residence and she cannot go out of the country. It was stated by Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday (March 12, 2023). It ...

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Sunday approved a Tk 4323-crore ‘Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction Project (RIVER)’ in a bid to reduce flood risk in the riparian and flash flood-prone community and enhance disaster preparedness. Seven other development projects also got approval in the Ecnec meeting presided over by Ecnec chair and Prime Minister ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated that the Election Commission is totally independent to conduct the country’s next general election. She said this when visiting British Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) of Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Anne-Marie Trevelyan paid a courtesy call on her at Ganabhaban here on Sunday morning. During the meeting, they discussed different issues including ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will not take part in election held under the Awami League government, a party delegation said to EU diplomats on Sunday during a meeting. The meeting was held at a house in Gulshan-2 in the capital. After the meeting, BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said, “We made it clearly that we would not ...

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the global businessmen and investors to invest in Bangladesh to transform the country into a developed, prosperous and smart one by 2041. “You people (world business community) come. Bangladesh is always ready to welcome you here — invest in Bangladesh thinking it as your country,” she said while inaugurating a three-day ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated 73 newly completed development works and laid foundation stones of 30 others in Mymensingh. The 73 development works have been implemented under 23 projects at a cost of Tk 570 crore, while 30 other development works will be implemented under 14 projects at the cost of Tk 2,762 crore. The premier unveiled the ...