Bangladesh

NASA has recognised the contributions of the Landsat 9 calibration/validation team with the Robert H Goddard Award – Science. The combined Landsat Cal/Val Team is led by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and also includes South Dakota State University, Rochester (New York) Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the United Nations to take special and effective measures to stop the Ukraine-Russia war as soon as possible, saying as fast as the war will be ended it will be better for the people. “We are suffering a lot as a result of the war. Inflation has increased, especially due to non-arrival of goods ...

Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair today paid a courtesy call on Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter’s office here. During the meeting, they discussed the UK’s contribution to the Great War of Liberation, the development of democracy in Bangladesh, the ongoing development ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has inaugurated electronic gate (e-gate) at Benapole Immigration Check Post in Jashore. He inaugurated the e-gate on Saturday (March 4) afternoon. Six gates have been constructed under the first phase. Three gates have been constructed for entry into India and three for passport passengers coming from India. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Home Minister ...

President M Abdul Hamid asked all concerned, including university authorities, to ensure job-oriented education so that no educated unemployed manpower becomes the burden of the society. The President, also the Chancellor of the University, came up with the directive as he opened the educational programme of ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University, Kishoreganj’ at his native district on Saturday. The Head ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday had a breakfast meeting with Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at her official Ganabhaban residence. During the meeting, the former British prime minister apprised the Bangladesh premier of his institute’s activities, reports BSS. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Doha on Saturday morning to attend the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), to be held on March 5-9. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and her entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11.15 am. The flight is scheduled to land at Hamad ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday met his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues of mutual interest, reports UNB. They exchanged greetings and discussed issues of bilateral interests, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “So nice to meet FM Dr Abdul Momen of Bangladesh on G20FMM and Raisina Dialogue 2023 sidelines. Neighbourhood First, always,” Jaishankar ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said their party is not thinking anything alternative but to oust the government from power to establish the voting rights of people. Speaking at a sit-in programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Friday, he said the government doesn’t want a free, fair, and inclusive general election as it ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has said Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s legacy remains a “guiding light” for Bangladesh-India relationship and the driving force for India’s steadfast partnership with Bangladesh on its journey towards progress and prosperity. The high commissioner and his wife visited Tungipara and paid tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at ...