Bangladesh

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday urged all the political parties in the country to join the next general election saying that it would be held in a free, fair, transparent and credible manner. “We believe the upcoming election will be held in a free, fair, transparent and credible manner …we invite all the opposition political parties to join ...

BNP and like-minded opposition parties will hold rallies in all cities on March 18 (Saturday) to press home their 10-point demand. The announcement came from the party’s human-chain programme at Nayapaltan office in the capital on Saturday (March 11). BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement. He said, “The government has destroyed all the democratic institutions of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the global businessmen and investors to invest in Bangladesh to join hands in making smooth journey of transforming Bangladesh into a developed, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh 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 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the “Bangladesh Business Summit 2023” to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the country’s apex business body FBCCI. She opened the three-day summit as the chief guest at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital organised by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), reports BSS. The Ministry of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday offered land for increased investment from Saudi Arabia in the country’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ). She also invited Saudi Arabia to set up an oil refinery in Bangladesh where all kinds of oil including crude can be refined. The premier made the offers when a nine-member delegation led by visiting Saudi Minister of Commerce ...

Saudi commerce minister Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi arrived in Dhaka on Friday. Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen welcomed Qasabi at Bangabandhu Bangladesh Airforce Base at around 05:15 pm. The Saudi commerce minister is visiting Bangladesh to attend ‘Bangladesh Business Summit-2023’ to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow.

UK’s Indo-Pacific Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan arrived in Dhaka on Friday (March 10, 2023) to discuss security, democracy, human rights, trade and the Rohingya crisis. Trevelyan will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen as well as hold talks with civil society organisations, humanitarian actors, climate experts, and business groups, report agencies. As Bangladesh continues its development ...

The decision on the affected Gulistan building will be taken after 45 days, said a member of the RAJUK probe committee on Friday morning. The rescue operation of Fire Service and Civil Defence has been stopped at the six-storey Gulistan building in the capital on Friday morning. But the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) authority is carrying out propping work at ...

Without any problem, the medical admission test was held, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque. Committee was formed involving expert physicians for the examination. They (physicians) have formulated question papers. And the question papers were sent to each examination centre after tracking and using digital system. The minister came up with the information after visiting an exam centre at Dhaka ...

  Bangladesh High Commission, London marked the historic 7 March by hosting a high-profile panel discussion titled “Contemporary Thoughts on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib’s Historic 7 March Speech: A UNESCO Documentary Heritage” at the mission’s Bangabandhu Lounge on Tuesday where speakers observed that the Speech delivered by Bangladesh’s Founding Father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 7 March 1971 is considered as ...