Bangladesh

Professor Dr M Aminul Islam is going to be appointed as a adviser to the interim government. Currently, he is serving as the Chief Adviser’s special assistant with the rank of state minister. Aminul Islam himself confirmed the matter to media on Tuesday. A swearing-in ceremony will be held at Bangabhaban at 11AM on Wednesday, he said. Prof Aminul Islam ...

Former ambassador and freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed has passed away. He breathed his last at a hospital in the capital on Sunday (March 2) due to multiple age-related complications, said his daughter Parveen Ahmed, a journalist and communication consultant. The namaz-e-janaza for the 88-year-old envoy was held on Sunday night at Masjid ut Taqwa in Dhanmondi. He was laid to ...

The importers will have to pay a threefold fine if they fail to collect goods from the ports within the stipulated time, said Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday. “There is some shortage of edible oil in the market. However, the prices of vegetables have not increased. Adequate quantities of daily necessities have been imported into the ...

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has not only improved physically, but also greatly improved mentally, getting her dearest family members beside her after nearly seven years, said her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain while informing the development to media on Monday. “She is now much better than before. Doctors visit her regularly at home and are closely monitoring her ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated Anjuman J R Tower, the new headquarters of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, in the capital’s Kakrail area on Monday. The inauguration ceremony took place in the evening, as confirmed by Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder. Advisers Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed and Ali Inam Majumder attended the event alongside Mufleh R Osmany, President ...

The Interim Government on Monday renamed Bangabandhu Satellite and under construction Sheikh Hasina Stadium to ‘Bangladesh Sattelite-1’ and ‘National Cricket Ground (NCG)’. Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry’s Deputy Secretary Mohammad Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter of the Satellite and said that the CA approved the name of Bangladesh Satellite-1 instead of Bangabandhu Satellite-1. Meanwhile, two Directors of Bangladesh Cricket ...

The European Union (EU) will provide €68 million this year for the Rohingya response in Bangladesh and humanitarian aid for conflict-affected people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib announced during a meeting with Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. Lahbib noted that while this year’s contribution surpasses the EU’s initial aid last year, it remains insufficient to prevent ...

A Dhaka court has ordered to arrest the six high-profile individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s adviser on private industry and investment, Salman F Rahman, former Law Minister Anisul Huq and Food Minister Kamrul Islam, in connection with the murder of Atiqul Islam on March 3. Metropolitan Magistrate Partha Bhattacharya granted the arrest order on Monday following a hearing ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court’s earlier verdict that acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from seven-year jail sentence and Tk 10 lakh fine in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division bench, led by Senior Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, issued this order after holding appeal hearing. Earlier, the ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday met Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin. The two sides had in-depth exchanges of views on China-Bangladesh relations and other issues of common concern.