Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday dismissed the movement against the quota system in the government jobs as irrational saying it’s sub-judice. “I don’t think there is any rationality for what is being done today in the name of movement by wasting the study time,” she said, reports UNB. The premier said this when the central leaders of Jubo Mohila ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Beijing on a four-day bilateral visit Monday morning, which is believed to elevate the relations between Bangladesh and China to “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” from “strategic partnership”. A chartered flight (BG1701) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members, will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00am ...

Academic and administrative activities at public universities across the country remain halted as the indefinite strike by teachers protesting the ‘Prattay pension scheme’ enters its fifth consecutive day. Dr. Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, Secretary General of the University Teachers Association Federation and President of the Dhaka University Teachers Association, emphasized their commitment to the protest. They will continue the movement until ...

BNP has announced new committees for its units in four cities–Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Chattogram and Barishal. A press release issued by BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi confirmed this on Sunday. Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal’s former president Saiful Alam Nirob and BNP’s sports affairs secretary Aminul Haq will lead BNP’s Dhaka North unit as convener and member secretary, ...

Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway to protest the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs. The protesters took position at the Dairy Gate area around 11am on Sunday. The blockade caused severe traffic congestion, with hundreds of vehicles stuck on both sides of the highway. As part of their pre-scheduled programme, the JU students brought ...

India is a political friend of Bangladesh while China is of development, said Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday (July 6). Noting that Bangladesh will take opportunities from anywhere for the sake of the country’s development, he said: “Bangladesh’s relationship with India is good. So, I have been able to take many ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) thinks that the demand of the students regarding quota in government jobs is certainly fair and logical. For this, the party has expressed solidarity with the ongoing anti-quota movement. The party also supported pension movements of public university teachers. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at a press conference on ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked children of the country to take preparations from now on for conquering the moon. “We will go to the moon one day. So, you have to take preparation to achieve that from now on,” she said, reports UNB. The prime minister made the remarks while opening “Bangabandhu Corner” at Gimadanga Tungipara Government Model ...

A luxury duplex bungalow of former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed at Rupganj in Narayanganj has been confiscated at the directive of a court. A team of Narayanganj district administration and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sealed the house at Ananda Police Housing Society at Dakkhinbag area in Rupganj upazila on Saturday. Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mahmudul Huque, local upazila ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday opened ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ at Gimadanga Tungipara Government Model Primary School in Gopalganj. She also unveiled cover of an album titled “Eso Bangabandhuke Jani” (Let’s know Bangabandhu). Earlier, when she arrived at the school that was established in 1912 the students welcomed her. Sheikh Hasina exchanged pleasantries with the students and asked about their wellbeing. ...