Bangladesh

A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 83 bank accounts holding around Tk 194.7 million belonging to former Special Branch (SB) chief and ex-Additional Inspector General of Police Mohammad Monirul Islam and his family members. On Thursday (October 15) the order was issued by Ayesha Akhtar Mousumi, acting judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court, following an ...

Jatiya Sangshad has constituted a 10-member project implementation committee to ensure the rapid and effective execution of the ‘e-Jatiya Sangshad Project’ formulated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Formed on Thursday under the overall direction of Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, the committee is headed by Deputy Speaker Barrister Kaisar Kamal as its chairman. The committee includes Members of Parliament ...

The Hindu community is set to celebrate Sharadiya Durga Puja, its biggest religious festival, from Friday (October 16). According to the Bengali calendar, Maha Saptami will span Saturday (October 17) and Sunday (October 18), with the main rituals beginning on the following day. During Maha Saptami, devotees will perform the Nabapatrika ritual, in which nine plants representing different forms of ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Thursday morning and held a meeting with the minister and senior officials to discuss environmental protection and climate-related issues. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo and other relevant officials were present at the meeting. Discussions focused on key issues concerning the environment, climate ...

BNP Standing Committee member and Political Adviser to the Prime Minister, Mirza Abbas, returned home on Wednesday night following medical treatment abroad. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 9:00 PM, confirmed his Assistant Private Secretary (APS), Mizanur Rahman Sohel. His wife, Afroza Abbas, and son, Mirza Yasir Abbas, accompanied him on the flight. Mirza Abbas had ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday (October 14) remarked that expatriate workers are keeping the country’s economy alive, calling for safe migration, dignified employment, and skilled human resource development to strengthen Bangladesh’s position in the global market. “Let us build a Bangladesh where migration is safe, employment is dignified, skilled manpower strengthens the country’s standing in the global market, ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has met three individuals who have set inspiring examples through their work and personal initiatives, praising their contributions to society and assuring them of necessary support. The meeting took place at the Prime Minister’s Office at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday. The three individuals were Naila Sharaf, a BUET graduate who chose to teach at a ...

The government has no plans to launch a special operation like Operation Clean Heart, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said, adding that the government currently faces no major challenges in maintaining law and order. However, he said police officers were occasionally coming under attack while trying to arrest criminals, but law enforcement agencies were making every effort to bring offenders ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has summoned the fourth session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad for November 9. The session will begin at 3PM on Monday (November 9) at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban’s parliamentary chamber, according to a notification issued by the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division-1 of the Parliament Secretariat on Wednesday. The notification said the president had convened ...

The Netherlands has expressed interest in providing technical assistance for the Teesta project, a proposal welcomed by Bangladesh during a meeting between Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and a Dutch delegation at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday. The delegation was led by Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sjoerd Sjoerdsma. The two sides discussed a possible feasibility study ...