Bangladesh

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday said super shops can’t use polythene shopping bags and polypropylene bags and provide to the customers from October 1 next. Alternative jute and cloth bags will be placed at or in front of all super shops for customers while the youths and students will be involved in this initiative, ...

The law ministry has canceled the appointment of 17 special public prosecutors in the BDR mutiny explosives case. A notification, signed by deputy solicitor Sanah Mohammad Mahruf Hossain, in this regard informed the matter on September 5. Chief chief prosecutor Md Tajul Islam confirmed this to media on Monday (September 9). It said the appointment of 17 public prosecutors in ...

The depression in the north-west of the Bay of Bengal has moved further northwest and developed into a deep depression. The rain is likely to increase from Wednesday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). “The rain may intensify under the influence of the deep depression on September 11, 12, and 13,” said Meteorologist Md Bazlur Rashid on Monday morning. ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General, Prof. Mia Golam Parwar, clarified that former army officer Abdullahil Amaan Azmi’s remarks regarding the national anthem do not reflect the party’s stance. Speaking to journalists after a discussion program in Rangpur city, Prof. Parwar stated, “Azmi is not associated with Jamaat, and his comments on changing the national anthem are entirely his own.” Prof. Parwar also ...

The previous Awami League government which was ousted in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement will not remain silent, said interim government’s chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus. He said: “They (Awami League leaders) had been looting the country’s resources with fun in their dreams lying on bed silently. Their dreams were shattered by students. Will they remain silent now? No, not at ...

Former shipping minister Shajahan Khan is being taken to Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider in a murder case Sunday. A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former shipping minister Shajahan Khan to jail as he fell sick during his remand in a case filed over the killing of one Abdul Motalib in Dhanmandi area during Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate ...

Referring to Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent remarks, Foreign Adviser Md Tauhid Hussain on Sunday said he does not in any way think that there is any apprehension of war between Bangladesh and India. “We do not want to show any reaction. We have to understand whether he (Rajnath) has said this for the consumption of his own country ...

Newly appointed International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) chief prosecutor Md Tajul Islam has said that steps will be taken to bring back prime accused in most of the genocide cases, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to the country under the extradition treaty with India. He made the remark at a press conference at the ICT on Sunday. “The investigation team yet ...

The interim government has appointed Md Jashim Uddin as the 27th foreign secretary of Bangladesh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. A career diplomat, Jashim joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1994. Jashim, from the 13th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) Cadre, served extensively both at home and abroad. Prior to his appointment as Foreign Secretary, he was serving ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has highlighted the importance of both formal and non-formal education programs to build an illiteracy-free Bangladesh. “Education is one of the basic human rights. Education is also the main tool of nation building,” he said in a message marking the International Literacy Day that falls on September 8, reports UNB. The main aim of celebrating ...